fix(codex): restore runtime policy metadata

Merged via squash.

Prepared head SHA: 3a946cb078
Co-authored-by: ZengWen-DT <290981215+ZengWen-DT@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: jalehman <550978+jalehman@users.noreply.github.com>
Reviewed-by: @jalehman

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,16 +2,6 @@
 
 Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
-## 2026.6.20-alpha.1
-
-### Changes
-
-- Alpha nightly from current `main`, including unreleased agent, release, plugin, UI, mobile, and channel changes since 2026.6.9.
-
-### Fixes
-
-- Release validation includes refreshed config documentation and plugin SDK metadata for the alpha package, and alpha packaging includes refreshed plugin version and shrinkwrap evidence for 2026.6.20-alpha.1.
-
 ## 2026.6.9
 
 ### Highlights

docs/.generated/config-baseline.sha256

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
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+e7965566fdaedef445bcd562141f4f3ea1a499cf8ea5956418af7c98049bf242  config-baseline.core.json
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 0039da0cf2ba2845b37db52c4cf3a0f25e367cf3d2d507c5d6f8a5e5bdfdc4d4  config-baseline.plugin.json

docs/.generated/plugin-sdk-api-baseline.sha256

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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-47d93e8b79e5d5fd0ef0a607a831a5b205c94e759a48401ce4a34da98e42b93d  plugin-sdk-api-baseline.jsonl
+6f442c09ff2fa618f6f68cc866091a713d2c730090380dd726a9845f4d0fd9bd  plugin-sdk-api-baseline.json
+d6b1929a42117759a3d0908fb68866e721ee7f0840279dce905a975b461c5b67  plugin-sdk-api-baseline.jsonl

docs/cli/doctor.md

@@ -172,10 +172,12 @@ A finding includes:
 | `ocPath`          | Precise `oc://` address when a check can point to one. |
 | `fixHint`         | Suggested operator action or repair summary.           |
 
-This release registers the modernized core doctor checks on the structured
-health path. The `openclaw/plugin-sdk/health` subpath exposes the same
-contract for bundled follow-up consumers, but plugin-backed checks only run
-after their owning package registers them in the active command path.
+Modernized core doctor checks stay attached to the ordered doctor contribution
+that owns their human `doctor` / `doctor --fix` behavior. The shared structured
+health registry is the extension point: bundled and plugin-backed checks run
+after core doctor checks once their owning package registers them in the active
+command path. The `openclaw/plugin-sdk/health` subpath exposes the same
+contract for those extension consumers.
 
 ## Check Selection
 

docs/plugins/codex-harness.md

@@ -143,12 +143,39 @@ The native Codex app-server harness supports context engines that require
 pre-prompt assembly. Generic CLI backends, including `codex-cli`, do not provide
 that host capability.
 
+Codex thread bindings live in OpenClaw's SQLite plugin state and use the stable
+agent-scoped OpenClaw session key, or an opaque conversation-binding id, as
+their owner. Physical session ids fence delayed cleanup but may rotate without
+losing the Codex thread. Context-engine compaction adopts the successor id
+before continuing native Codex compaction. The bounded store rejects a new
+binding at its safety limit instead of evicting an existing thread's continuity
+record.
+Conversation binds create or resume their Codex thread on the first bound
+message after channel approval; an abandoned approval consumes no thread row.
+That first message carries the prepared thread directly into its turn.
+Subsequent messages use a metadata-only resume to subscribe the shared client,
+then unsubscribe after the turn completes.
+The runtime does not poll transcript-adjacent binding files. Upgrades from
+releases that used `*.jsonl.codex-app-server.json` sidecars migrate them during
+normal startup preflight. `openclaw doctor --fix` can run the same migration
+manually.
+Successfully matched sidecars are archived before the new runtime resumes their
+threads. Migration imports durable thread ownership only; it does not infer
+Codex context usage from OpenClaw counters or crawl Codex rollout files. For
+agent-session harness bindings, the next resume attempts to restore a cached
+native snapshot when Codex has one, and ongoing turns persist the current-context
+usage reported by app-server notifications, not the cumulative thread lifetime
+total. Conversation bindings
+keep metadata-only resumes and leave continuity and compaction with the native
+Codex thread. Conflicting or ambiguous sidecars stay in place with a warning for
+operator review.
+
 For Codex-backed agents, `/compact` starts native Codex app-server compaction on
-the bound thread. OpenClaw does not wait for completion, impose an OpenClaw
-timeout, restart the shared app-server, or fall back to a context-engine or
-public OpenAI summarizer. If the native Codex thread binding is missing or
-stale, the command fails closed so the operator sees the real runtime boundary
-instead of silently switching compaction backends.
+the bound thread. OpenClaw bounds the request-acceptance RPC but does not wait
+for compaction completion, restart the shared app-server, or fall back to a
+context-engine or public OpenAI summarizer. If the native Codex thread binding
+is missing or stale, the command fails closed so the operator sees the real
+runtime boundary instead of silently switching compaction backends.
 
 ```json5
 {

docs/plugins/copilot.md

@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ Pin one model (or one provider) to the harness:
 {
   agents: {
     defaults: {
-      model: "github-copilot/gpt-5.5",
+      model: "github-copilot/auto",
       models: {
-        "github-copilot/gpt-5.5": {
+        "github-copilot/auto": {
           agentRuntime: { id: "copilot" },
         },
       },
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ when only that model should be routed through the harness; set
 `agentRuntime.id` on a provider when every model under that provider should
 use it.
 
+`github-copilot/auto` is the portable starting point. Named Copilot models are
+account- and organization-policy-dependent, so only pin one after confirming
+that the authenticated Copilot CLI exposes it.
+
 ## Supported providers
 
 The harness advertises support for the canonical `github-copilot` provider
@@ -169,8 +173,9 @@ The harness reads its config from per-attempt input
 - `infiniteSessionConfig` — optional override for the SDK
   `infiniteSessions` block driven by `harness.compact`. Defaults are safe to
   leave as-is.
-- `hooksConfig` — optional bridge config exposing OpenClaw
-  before/after-message-write hooks to the SDK loop.
+- `hooksConfig` — optional native Copilot SDK `SessionHooks` compatibility
+  config for tool/MCP, user-prompt, session, and error callbacks.
+  It is separate from OpenClaw's portable lifecycle hooks.
 - `permissionPolicy` — optional override for the SDK's
   `onPermissionRequest` handler used for built-in SDK tool kinds
   (`shell`, `write`, `read`, `url`, `mcp`, `memory`, `hook`). Defaults
@@ -181,6 +186,14 @@ The harness reads its config from per-attempt input
   wrapped `execute()`. See [Permissions and ask_user](#permissions-and-ask_user).
 - `enableSessionTelemetry` — optional SDK session telemetry flag.
 
+OpenClaw plugin hooks do not need Copilot-specific attempt configuration. The
+harness runs `before_prompt_build` (and the legacy `before_agent_start`
+compatibility hook), `llm_input`, `llm_output`, and `agent_end` through the
+standard harness helpers. Successful SDK compactions also run
+`before_compaction` and `after_compaction`. Bridged OpenClaw tools continue to
+run `before_tool_call` and report `after_tool_call`; `hooksConfig` remains for
+native SDK-only callbacks that have no portable equivalent.
+
 Nothing in the rest of OpenClaw needs to know about these fields. Other
 plugins, channels, and core code only see the standard
 `AgentHarnessAttemptParams` / `AgentHarnessAttemptResult` shape.

docs/plugins/sdk-agent-harness.md

@@ -185,6 +185,17 @@ field; OpenClaw does not infer it from assistant prose. The helper intentionally
 leaves prompt errors, in-flight turns, and intentional silent replies such as
 `NO_REPLY` unclassified.
 
+### Agent-end side effects
+
+Native harnesses must call `runAgentEndSideEffects(...)` from
+`openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-harness-runtime` after they finalize an attempt. It
+dispatches the portable `agent_end` hook and OpenClaw's research capture without
+delaying interactive replies. Use `awaitAgentEndSideEffects(...)` for local,
+non-interactive runs where the attempt must not resolve until those side effects
+finish. Both helpers accept the same `{ event, ctx }` payload as
+`runAgentHarnessAgentEndHook(...)`; their failures do not alter the completed
+attempt result.
+
 ### Native Codex harness mode
 
 The bundled `codex` harness is the native Codex mode for embedded OpenClaw

docs/plugins/sdk-runtime.md

@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ two-party event loops that do not go through the shared inbound reply runner.
 
     Prefer `getSessionEntry(...)`, `listSessionEntries(...)`, `patchSessionEntry(...)`, or `upsertSessionEntry(...)` for session workflows. These helpers address sessions by agent/session identity so plugins do not depend on the legacy `sessions.json` storage shape. Use `preserveActivity: true` for metadata-only patches that should not refresh session activity, and `replaceEntry: true` only when the callback returns a complete entry and deleted fields must stay deleted.
 
-    `loadSessionStore(...)`, `saveSessionStore(...)`, `updateSessionStore(...)`, and `resolveSessionFilePath(...)` are kept only during the transition before SQLite migration for plugins that still intentionally depend on the legacy whole-store or transcript-file shape. New plugin code must not use those helpers, and existing callers must migrate to entry helpers before the SQLite storage flip.
+    For transcript reads and writes, import `openclaw/plugin-sdk/session-transcript-runtime` and use `resolveSessionTranscriptIdentity(...)`, `resolveSessionTranscriptTarget(...)`, `readSessionTranscriptEvents(...)`, `appendSessionTranscriptMessageByIdentity(...)`, `publishSessionTranscriptUpdateByIdentity(...)`, or `withSessionTranscriptWriteLock(...)` with `{ agentId, sessionKey, sessionId }`. These APIs let plugins identify a transcript, read its events, append messages, publish updates, and run related operations under the same transcript write lock. Pass `sessionFile` only when adapting code that already receives an active transcript artifact and needs each helper to operate on that same artifact.
+
+    `loadSessionStore(...)`, `saveSessionStore(...)`, `updateSessionStore(...)`, and `resolveSessionFilePath(...)` are compatibility helpers for plugins that still intentionally depend on the legacy whole-store or transcript-file shape. New plugin code must not use those helpers, and existing callers should migrate to entry helpers.
 
   </Accordion>
   <Accordion title="api.runtime.agent.defaults">

docs/plugins/sdk-subpaths.md

@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ usage endpoint failed or returned no usable usage data.
     | `plugin-sdk/reply-reference` | `createReplyReferencePlanner` |
     | `plugin-sdk/reply-chunking` | Narrow text/markdown chunking helpers |
     | `plugin-sdk/session-store-runtime` | Session workflow helpers (`getSessionEntry`, `listSessionEntries`, `patchSessionEntry`, `upsertSessionEntry`), legacy session store path/session-key helpers, updated-at reads, and transition-only whole-store/file-path compatibility helpers |
+    | `plugin-sdk/session-transcript-runtime` | Transcript identity, scoped target/read/write helpers, update publishing, write locks, and transcript memory hit keys |
     | `plugin-sdk/sqlite-runtime` | Focused SQLite agent-schema, path, and transaction helpers for first-party runtime |
     | `plugin-sdk/cron-store-runtime` | Cron store path/load/save helpers |
     | `plugin-sdk/state-paths` | State/OAuth dir path helpers |

extensions/acpx/npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/acpx",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openclaw/acpx",
-      "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "version": "2026.6.8",
       "dependencies": {
         "@agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp": "0.39.0",
         "@zed-industries/codex-acp": "0.15.0",

extensions/acpx/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/acpx",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "description": "OpenClaw ACP runtime backend with plugin-owned session and transport management.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
       "minHostVersion": ">=2026.4.25"
     },
     "compat": {
-      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "build": {
-      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.8",
       "staticAssets": [
         {
           "source": "./src/runtime-internals/mcp-proxy.mjs",

extensions/admin-http-rpc/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/admin-http-rpc",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw admin HTTP RPC endpoint",
   "type": "module",

extensions/alibaba/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/alibaba-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw Alibaba Model Studio video provider plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/amazon-bedrock-mantle/npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/amazon-bedrock-mantle-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openclaw/amazon-bedrock-mantle-provider",
-      "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "version": "2026.6.8",
       "dependencies": {
         "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "0.100.1",
         "@aws/bedrock-token-generator": "1.1.0"

extensions/amazon-bedrock-mantle/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/amazon-bedrock-mantle-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "description": "OpenClaw Amazon Bedrock Mantle provider plugin for OpenAI-compatible model routing.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
       "minHostVersion": ">=2026.5.12-beta.1"
     },
     "compat": {
-      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "build": {
-      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.8",
       "bundledDist": false
     },
     "release": {

extensions/amazon-bedrock/npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/amazon-bedrock-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openclaw/amazon-bedrock-provider",
-      "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "version": "2026.6.8",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-bedrock": "3.1056.0",
         "@aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime": "3.1056.0",

extensions/amazon-bedrock/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/amazon-bedrock-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "description": "OpenClaw Amazon Bedrock provider plugin with model discovery, embeddings, and guardrail support.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
       "minHostVersion": ">=2026.5.12-beta.1"
     },
     "compat": {
-      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "build": {
-      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.8",
       "bundledDist": false
     },
     "release": {

extensions/anthropic-vertex/npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/anthropic-vertex-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openclaw/anthropic-vertex-provider",
-      "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "version": "2026.6.8",
       "dependencies": {
         "@anthropic-ai/vertex-sdk": "0.16.1"
       }

extensions/anthropic-vertex/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/anthropic-vertex-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "description": "OpenClaw Anthropic Vertex provider plugin for Claude models on Google Vertex AI.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
       "minHostVersion": ">=2026.5.12-beta.1"
     },
     "compat": {
-      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "build": {
-      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.8",
       "bundledDist": false
     },
     "release": {

extensions/anthropic/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/anthropic-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw Anthropic provider plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/arcee/npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/arcee-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openclaw/arcee-provider",
-      "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "version": "2026.6.8"
     }
   }
 }

extensions/arcee/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/arcee-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "description": "OpenClaw Arcee provider plugin.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
       "minHostVersion": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "compat": {
-      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "build": {
-      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.8",
       "bundledDist": false
     },
     "release": {

extensions/azure-speech/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/azure-speech",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw Azure Speech plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/bonjour/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/bonjour",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "description": "OpenClaw Bonjour/mDNS gateway discovery",
   "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {

extensions/brave/npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/brave-plugin",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openclaw/brave-plugin",
-      "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "version": "2026.6.8"
     }
   }
 }

extensions/brave/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/brave-plugin",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "description": "OpenClaw Brave Search provider plugin for web search.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
       "allowInvalidConfigRecovery": true
     },
     "compat": {
-      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "build": {
-      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.8"
     },
     "release": {
       "publishToClawHub": true,

extensions/browser/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/browser-plugin",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw browser tool plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/byteplus/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/byteplus-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw BytePlus provider plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/canvas/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/canvas-plugin",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw Canvas plugin",
   "type": "module",

extensions/canvas/scripts/pnpm-runner.d.mts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 export interface PnpmRunnerParams {
   comSpec?: string;
+  cwd?: string;
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
   nodeArgs?: string[];
   nodeExecPath?: string;
   npmExecPath?: string;

extensions/canvas/scripts/pnpm-runner.mjs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Cross-platform pnpm command resolver used by Canvas build scripts.
  */
 import { accessSync, closeSync, constants, openSync, readSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
 
 const WINDOWS_UNSAFE_CMD_CHARS_RE = /[&|<>%\r\n]/;
 const PNPM_EXECUTABLE_RE = /^pnpm(?:-cli)?(?:\.(?:[cm]?js|cmd|exe))?$/;
@@ -48,13 +49,56 @@ function isExecutableFile(value) {
   }
 }
 
+function isFile(value) {
+  try {
+    return statSync(value).isFile();
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+function resolvePathEnvKey(env) {
+  return Object.keys(env).find((key) => key.toLowerCase() === "path") ?? "PATH";
+}
+
+function findExecutableOnPath(command, envPath, platform, env, cwd) {
+  if (typeof envPath !== "string" || envPath.length === 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const extensions =
+    platform === "win32"
+      ? (env[Object.keys(env).find((key) => key.toLowerCase() === "pathext") ?? "PATHEXT"] ??
+          ".COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD")
+          .split(";")
+          .filter(Boolean)
+          .map((extension) => extension.toLowerCase())
+      : [""];
+  const pathImpl = platform === "win32" ? path.win32 : path;
+  const pathDelimiter = platform === "win32" ? ";" : path.delimiter;
+  for (const directory of envPath.split(pathDelimiter)) {
+    if (!directory) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const resolvedDirectory = pathImpl.isAbsolute(directory)
+      ? directory
+      : pathImpl.resolve(cwd, directory);
+    for (const extension of extensions) {
+      const candidate = pathImpl.join(resolvedDirectory, `${command}${extension}`);
+      if ((platform === "win32" ? isFile(candidate) : isExecutableFile(candidate))) {
+        return candidate;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 function isNodeRunnablePnpmExecPath(value) {
   if (!isPnpmExecPath(value)) {
     return false;
   }
   const { extension } = inspectExecutablePath(value);
   if (NODE_RUNNABLE_EXTENSIONS.has(extension)) {
-    return true;
+    return isFile(value);
   }
   if (extension.length > 0) {
     return false;
@@ -129,6 +173,22 @@ export function resolvePnpmRunner(params = {}) {
 
   const pnpmArgs = params.pnpmArgs ?? [];
   const platform = params.platform ?? process.platform;
+  const env = params.env ?? process.env;
+  const envPath = env[platform === "win32" ? resolvePathEnvKey(env) : "PATH"];
+  const cwd = params.cwd ?? process.cwd();
+  const pnpmPath = findExecutableOnPath("pnpm", envPath, platform, env, cwd);
+  if (pnpmPath) {
+    return platform === "win32"
+      ? windowsCmdSpec(pnpmPath, pnpmArgs, params.comSpec ?? process.env.ComSpec ?? "cmd.exe")
+      : { args: pnpmArgs, command: pnpmPath, shell: false };
+  }
+  const corepackPath = findExecutableOnPath("corepack", envPath, platform, env, cwd);
+  if (corepackPath) {
+    const args = ["pnpm", ...pnpmArgs];
+    return platform === "win32"
+      ? windowsCmdSpec(corepackPath, args, params.comSpec ?? process.env.ComSpec ?? "cmd.exe")
+      : { args, command: corepackPath, shell: false };
+  }
   if (platform === "win32") {
     return windowsCmdSpec("pnpm.cmd", pnpmArgs, params.comSpec ?? process.env.ComSpec ?? "cmd.exe");
   }

extensions/canvas/scripts/pnpm-runner.test.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ describe("canvas pnpm runner", () => {
     try {
       expect(
         resolvePnpmRunner({
+          env: { PATH: "" },
           npmExecPath,
           platform: "darwin",
           pnpmArgs: ["exec", "rolldown", "-c"],
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ describe("canvas pnpm runner", () => {
     try {
       expect(
         resolvePnpmRunner({
+          env: { PATH: "" },
           npmExecPath,
           platform: "darwin",
           pnpmArgs: ["exec", "rolldown", "-c"],
@@ -53,4 +55,79 @@ describe("canvas pnpm runner", () => {
       rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
     }
   });
+
+  posixIt("uses Corepack when pnpm is not directly available on PATH", () => {
+    const tempDir = mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "canvas-pnpm-runner-corepack-"));
+    const corepackPath = path.join(tempDir, "corepack");
+    writeFileSync(corepackPath, "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n");
+    chmodSync(corepackPath, 0o755);
+
+    try {
+      expect(
+        resolvePnpmRunner({
+          env: { PATH: tempDir },
+          npmExecPath: "",
+          platform: "darwin",
+          pnpmArgs: ["exec", "rolldown", "-c"],
+        }),
+      ).toEqual({
+        args: ["pnpm", "exec", "rolldown", "-c"],
+        command: corepackPath,
+        shell: false,
+      });
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  posixIt("ignores a missing pnpm JS npm_execpath before checking PATH", () => {
+    const tempDir = mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "canvas-pnpm-runner-missing-"));
+    const corepackPath = path.join(tempDir, "corepack");
+    writeFileSync(corepackPath, "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n");
+    chmodSync(corepackPath, 0o755);
+
+    try {
+      expect(
+        resolvePnpmRunner({
+          env: { PATH: tempDir },
+          npmExecPath: path.join(tempDir, "missing-pnpm.mjs"),
+          platform: "darwin",
+          pnpmArgs: ["exec", "rolldown", "-c"],
+        }),
+      ).toEqual({
+        args: ["pnpm", "exec", "rolldown", "-c"],
+        command: corepackPath,
+        shell: false,
+      });
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  posixIt("prefers a direct pnpm executable over Corepack", () => {
+    const tempDir = mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "canvas-pnpm-runner-path-"));
+    const pnpmPath = path.join(tempDir, "pnpm");
+    const corepackPath = path.join(tempDir, "corepack");
+    writeFileSync(pnpmPath, "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n");
+    writeFileSync(corepackPath, "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n");
+    chmodSync(pnpmPath, 0o755);
+    chmodSync(corepackPath, 0o755);
+
+    try {
+      expect(
+        resolvePnpmRunner({
+          env: { PATH: tempDir },
+          npmExecPath: "",
+          platform: "darwin",
+          pnpmArgs: ["exec", "rolldown", "-c"],
+        }),
+      ).toEqual({
+        args: ["exec", "rolldown", "-c"],
+        command: pnpmPath,
+        shell: false,
+      });
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
 });

extensions/cerebras/npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/cerebras-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openclaw/cerebras-provider",
-      "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "version": "2026.6.8"
     }
   }
 }

extensions/cerebras/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/cerebras-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "description": "OpenClaw Cerebras provider plugin.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
       "minHostVersion": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "compat": {
-      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "build": {
-      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.8",
       "bundledDist": false
     },
     "release": {

extensions/chutes/npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/chutes-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openclaw/chutes-provider",
-      "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "version": "2026.6.8"
     }
   }
 }

extensions/chutes/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/chutes-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "description": "OpenClaw Chutes.ai provider plugin.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
       "minHostVersion": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "compat": {
-      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "build": {
-      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.8",
       "bundledDist": false
     },
     "release": {

extensions/clickclack/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/clickclack",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw ClickClack channel plugin",
   "type": "module",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "openclaw": "2026.5.28"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "openclaw": ">=2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+    "openclaw": ">=2026.6.8"
   },
   "peerDependenciesMeta": {
     "openclaw": {

extensions/cloudflare-ai-gateway/npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/cloudflare-ai-gateway-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openclaw/cloudflare-ai-gateway-provider",
-      "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "version": "2026.6.8"
     }
   }
 }

extensions/cloudflare-ai-gateway/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/cloudflare-ai-gateway-provider",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "description": "OpenClaw Cloudflare AI Gateway provider plugin.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
       "minHostVersion": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "compat": {
-      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "build": {
-      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.8",
       "bundledDist": false
     },
     "release": {

extensions/codex-supervisor/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/codex-supervisor",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenClaw Codex app-server fleet supervision plugin.",
   "type": "module",

extensions/codex/doctor-contract-api.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-/**
- * Doctor contract hooks for Codex plugin config migrations and session-route
- * ownership warnings.
- */
+/** Doctor contract hooks for Codex config, state migration, and route ownership. */
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-contracts";
 import type { DoctorSessionRouteStateOwner } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/runtime-doctor";
 
@@ -51,9 +48,7 @@ export const legacyConfigRules: LegacyConfigRule[] = [
   },
 ];
 
-/**
- * Removes retired Codex plugin config keys while preserving unrelated config.
- */
+/** Removes retired Codex plugin config keys while preserving unrelated config. */
 export function normalizeCompatibilityConfig({ cfg }: { cfg: OpenClawConfig }): {
   config: OpenClawConfig;
   changes: string[];
@@ -71,10 +66,9 @@ export function normalizeCompatibilityConfig({ cfg }: { cfg: OpenClawConfig }):
   const nextConfig = structuredClone(cfg) as OpenClawConfig & {
     plugins?: Record<string, unknown>;
   };
-  const nextPlugins = asRecord(nextConfig.plugins);
-  const nextEntries = asRecord(nextPlugins?.entries);
-  const nextEntry = asRecord(nextEntries?.codex);
-  const nextPluginConfig = asRecord(nextEntry?.config);
+  const nextPluginConfig = asRecord(
+    asRecord(asRecord(asRecord(nextConfig.plugins)?.entries)?.codex)?.config,
+  );
   if (!nextPluginConfig) {
     return { config: cfg, changes: [] };
   }
@@ -121,3 +115,5 @@ export const sessionRouteStateOwners: DoctorSessionRouteStateOwner[] = [
     authProfilePrefixes: ["codex:", "codex-cli:", "openai-codex:"],
   },
 ];
+
+export { stateMigrations } from "./src/migration/session-binding-sidecars.js";

extensions/codex/harness.test.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 // Codex tests cover harness plugin behavior.
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { createCodexAppServerAgentHarness } from "./harness.js";
+import {
+  createCodexTestBindingStore,
+  testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
+} from "./src/app-server/session-binding.test-helpers.js";
 
 describe("Codex agent harness supports()", () => {
-  const harness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness();
+  const harness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({
+    bindingStore: testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
+  });
 
   it("supports the canonical codex virtual provider", () => {
     expect(harness.supports({ provider: "codex", requestedRuntime: "codex" })).toEqual({
@@ -40,8 +49,149 @@ describe("Codex agent harness supports()", () => {
   });
 
   it("honors explicit provider id overrides", () => {
-    const narrowHarness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({ providerIds: ["codex"] });
+    const narrowHarness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({
+      bindingStore: testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
+      providerIds: ["codex"],
+    });
     const result = narrowHarness.supports({ provider: "openai", requestedRuntime: "codex" });
     expect(result.supported).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe("Codex agent harness reset", () => {
+  it("uses the host agent for global session keys", async () => {
+    const bindingStore = createCodexTestBindingStore();
+    const harness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({ bindingStore });
+    const identity = {
+      kind: "session" as const,
+      agentId: "work",
+      sessionId: "session-1",
+      sessionKey: "global",
+    };
+    await bindingStore.mutate(identity, {
+      kind: "set",
+      binding: { threadId: "thread-work", cwd: "/repo" },
+    });
+
+    await harness.reset?.({
+      agentId: "work",
+      sessionId: "session-1",
+      sessionKey: "global",
+      reason: "reset",
+    });
+
+    await expect(bindingStore.read(identity)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    await expect(
+      bindingStore.mutate(identity, {
+        kind: "set",
+        binding: { threadId: "thread-stale", cwd: "/stale" },
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toBe(false);
+    const nextIdentity = { ...identity, sessionId: "session-2" };
+    await expect(
+      bindingStore.mutate(nextIdentity, {
+        kind: "set",
+        binding: { threadId: "thread-next", cwd: "/next" },
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toBe(false);
+    await expect(
+      bindingStore.mutate(nextIdentity, {
+        kind: "reclaim-generation",
+        expectedPreviousSessionId: identity.sessionId,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toBe(true);
+    await expect(
+      bindingStore.mutate(nextIdentity, {
+        kind: "set",
+        binding: { threadId: "thread-next", cwd: "/next" },
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toBe(true);
+    await expect(bindingStore.read(nextIdentity)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      threadId: "thread-next",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("accepts an absent binding but rejects a mismatched reset generation", async () => {
+    const bindingStore = createCodexTestBindingStore();
+    const harness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({ bindingStore });
+    const current = {
+      kind: "session" as const,
+      agentId: "main",
+      sessionId: "session-1",
+      sessionKey: "agent:main:main",
+    };
+
+    await expect(
+      harness.reset?.({
+        agentId: "main",
+        sessionId: "missing-session",
+        sessionKey: "agent:main:missing",
+        reason: "reset",
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    await bindingStore.mutate(current, {
+      kind: "set",
+      binding: { threadId: "thread-1", cwd: "/repo" },
+    });
+    await expect(
+      harness.reset?.({
+        agentId: "main",
+        sessionId: "session-2",
+        sessionKey: current.sessionKey,
+        reason: "reset",
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("binding generation changed");
+    await expect(bindingStore.read(current)).resolves.toMatchObject({ threadId: "thread-1" });
+  });
+
+  it("reclaims a stale generation left while the Codex plugin was unavailable", async () => {
+    const stateDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-codex-reset-"));
+    const storePath = path.join(stateDir, "sessions.json");
+    const sessionKey = "agent:main:main";
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      storePath,
+      JSON.stringify({
+        [sessionKey]: {
+          sessionId: "session-2",
+          updatedAt: Date.now(),
+        },
+      }),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    const bindingStore = createCodexTestBindingStore();
+    const harness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({
+      bindingStore,
+      resolveConfig: () => ({ session: { store: storePath } }),
+    });
+    const stale = {
+      kind: "session" as const,
+      agentId: "main",
+      sessionId: "session-1",
+      sessionKey,
+    };
+    await bindingStore.mutate(stale, {
+      kind: "set",
+      binding: { threadId: "thread-stale", cwd: "/repo" },
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      harness.reset?.({
+        agentId: "main",
+        sessionId: "session-2",
+        sessionKey,
+        reason: "reset",
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    const current = { ...stale, sessionId: "session-2" };
+    await expect(bindingStore.read(current)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    await expect(
+      bindingStore.mutate(current, {
+        kind: "set",
+        binding: { threadId: "thread-delayed", cwd: "/repo" },
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toBe(false);
+    await fs.rm(stateDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+});

extensions/codex/harness.ts

@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ import type {
   AgentHarnessCompactResult,
   ContextEngineHostCapability,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-harness-runtime";
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-contracts";
 import type {
   CodexAppServerListModelsOptions,
   CodexAppServerModel,
   CodexAppServerModelListResult,
 } from "./src/app-server/models.js";
+import type { CodexAppServerBindingStore } from "./src/app-server/session-binding.js";
 
 const DEFAULT_CODEX_HARNESS_PROVIDER_IDS = new Set(["codex", "openai"]);
 const CODEX_APP_SERVER_CONTEXT_ENGINE_HOST_CAPABILITIES = [
@@ -37,12 +39,14 @@ type CodexAppServerAgentHarness = AgentHarness & {
  * Creates the Codex app-server harness used for attempts, side questions,
  * compaction, reset, and disposal.
  */
-export function createCodexAppServerAgentHarness(options?: {
+export function createCodexAppServerAgentHarness(options: {
   id?: string;
   label?: string;
   providerIds?: Iterable<string>;
   pluginConfig?: unknown;
   resolvePluginConfig?: () => unknown;
+  resolveConfig?: () => OpenClawConfig | undefined;
+  bindingStore: CodexAppServerBindingStore;
 }): AgentHarness {
   const providerIds = new Set(
     [...(options?.providerIds ?? DEFAULT_CODEX_HARNESS_PROVIDER_IDS)].map((id) =>
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ export function createCodexAppServerAgentHarness(options?: {
       // cold provider catalog reads do not pull in the whole Codex runtime.
       const { runCodexAppServerAttempt } = await import("./src/app-server/run-attempt.js");
       return runCodexAppServerAttempt(params, {
+        bindingStore: options.bindingStore,
         pluginConfig: options?.resolvePluginConfig?.() ?? options?.pluginConfig,
         nativeHookRelay: { enabled: true },
       });
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ export function createCodexAppServerAgentHarness(options?: {
     runSideQuestion: async (params) => {
       const { runCodexAppServerSideQuestion } = await import("./src/app-server/side-question.js");
       return runCodexAppServerSideQuestion(params, {
+        bindingStore: options.bindingStore,
         pluginConfig: options?.resolvePluginConfig?.() ?? options?.pluginConfig,
         nativeHookRelay: { enabled: true },
       });
@@ -85,20 +91,43 @@ export function createCodexAppServerAgentHarness(options?: {
     compact: async (params) => {
       const { maybeCompactCodexAppServerSession } = await import("./src/app-server/compact.js");
       return maybeCompactCodexAppServerSession(params, {
+        bindingStore: options.bindingStore,
         pluginConfig: options?.resolvePluginConfig?.() ?? options?.pluginConfig,
       });
     },
     compactAfterContextEngine: async (params) => {
       const { maybeCompactCodexAppServerSession } = await import("./src/app-server/compact.js");
       return maybeCompactCodexAppServerSession(params, {
+        bindingStore: options.bindingStore,
         pluginConfig: options?.resolvePluginConfig?.() ?? options?.pluginConfig,
         allowNonManualNativeRequest: true,
       });
     },
     reset: async (params) => {
-      if (params.sessionFile) {
-        const { clearCodexAppServerBinding } = await import("./src/app-server/session-binding.js");
-        await clearCodexAppServerBinding(params.sessionFile);
+      if (params.sessionId) {
+        const { reclaimCurrentCodexSessionGeneration, sessionBindingIdentity } =
+          await import("./src/app-server/session-binding.js");
+        const identity = sessionBindingIdentity({
+          agentId: params.agentId,
+          sessionId: params.sessionId,
+          sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
+        });
+        let retired = await options.bindingStore.retireSessionGeneration(identity);
+        if (retired === "conflict") {
+          const reclaimed = await reclaimCurrentCodexSessionGeneration({
+            bindingStore: options.bindingStore,
+            identity,
+            config: options.resolveConfig?.(),
+          });
+          if (reclaimed) {
+            retired = await options.bindingStore.retireSessionGeneration(identity);
+          }
+        }
+        if (retired === "conflict") {
+          throw new Error(
+            `Codex binding generation changed before session ${params.sessionId} could reset`,
+          );
+        }
       }
     },
     dispose: async () => {

extensions/codex/index.test.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,30 @@ import { createTestPluginApi } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-test-api";
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { createCodexAppServerAgentHarness } from "./harness.js";
 import plugin from "./index.js";
+import {
+  createCodexAppServerBindingStore,
+  sessionBindingIdentity,
+} from "./src/app-server/session-binding.js";
+import {
+  createCodexTestBindingStateStore,
+  testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
+} from "./src/app-server/session-binding.test-helpers.js";
 
 const runCodexAppServerAttemptMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
 const runCodexAppServerSideQuestionMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
 
+function createCodexTestRuntime(
+  current?: () => unknown,
+  stateStore = createCodexTestBindingStateStore(),
+) {
+  return {
+    ...(current ? { config: { current } } : {}),
+    state: {
+      openSyncKeyedStore: () => stateStore,
+    },
+  } as never;
+}
+
 vi.mock("./src/app-server/run-attempt.js", () => ({
   runCodexAppServerAttempt: runCodexAppServerAttemptMock,
 }));
@@ -40,7 +60,6 @@ describe("codex plugin", () => {
     const registerProvider = vi.fn();
     const registerWebSearchProvider = vi.fn();
     const on = vi.fn();
-    const onConversationBindingResolved = vi.fn();
 
     plugin.register(
       createTestPluginApi({
@@ -49,7 +68,7 @@ describe("codex plugin", () => {
         source: "test",
         config: {},
         pluginConfig: {},
-        runtime: {} as never,
+        runtime: createCodexTestRuntime(),
         registerAgentHarness,
         registerCommand,
         registerMediaUnderstandingProvider,
@@ -57,7 +76,6 @@ describe("codex plugin", () => {
         registerProvider,
         registerWebSearchProvider,
         on,
-        onConversationBindingResolved,
       }),
     );
 
@@ -67,9 +85,6 @@ describe("codex plugin", () => {
       | Record<string, unknown>
       | undefined;
     const inboundClaimRegistration = mockCall(on) as [unknown, unknown] | undefined;
-    const bindingResolvedRegistration = mockCall(onConversationBindingResolved) as
-      | [unknown]
-      | undefined;
 
     expect(providerRegistration.id).toBe("codex");
     expect(providerRegistration.label).toBe("Codex");
@@ -103,33 +118,12 @@ describe("codex plugin", () => {
     expect(migrationRegistration?.label).toBe("Codex");
     expect(inboundClaimRegistration?.[0]).toBe("inbound_claim");
     expect(typeof inboundClaimRegistration?.[1]).toBe("function");
-    expect(typeof bindingResolvedRegistration?.[0]).toBe("function");
-  });
-
-  it("registers with capture APIs that do not expose conversation binding hooks yet", () => {
-    const registerProvider = vi.fn();
-    const api = createTestPluginApi({
-      id: "codex",
-      name: "Codex",
-      source: "test",
-      config: {},
-      pluginConfig: {},
-      runtime: {} as never,
-      registerAgentHarness: vi.fn(),
-      registerCommand: vi.fn(),
-      registerMediaUnderstandingProvider: vi.fn(),
-      registerProvider,
-      on: vi.fn(),
-    });
-    delete (api as { onConversationBindingResolved?: unknown }).onConversationBindingResolved;
-
-    plugin.register(api);
-    expect(registerProvider).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect((mockCallArg(registerProvider) as { id?: string } | undefined)?.id).toBe("codex");
   });
 
   it("claims the Codex routing providers by default", () => {
-    const harness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness();
+    const harness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({
+      bindingStore: testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
+    });
 
     expect(harness.deliveryDefaults?.sourceVisibleReplies).toBe("message_tool");
     expect(
@@ -150,8 +144,196 @@ describe("codex plugin", () => {
     expect(unsupported.supported).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("clears only ended session binding rows in the owning agent scope", async () => {
+    const stateStore = createCodexTestBindingStateStore();
+    const bindingStore = createCodexAppServerBindingStore(stateStore);
+    const on = vi.fn();
+    plugin.register(
+      createTestPluginApi({
+        id: "codex",
+        name: "Codex",
+        source: "test",
+        config: {},
+        pluginConfig: {},
+        runtime: createCodexTestRuntime(undefined, stateStore),
+        registerAgentHarness: vi.fn(),
+        registerCommand: vi.fn(),
+        registerMediaUnderstandingProvider: vi.fn(),
+        registerMigrationProvider: vi.fn(),
+        registerProvider: vi.fn(),
+        on,
+      }),
+    );
+    const sessionEnd = on.mock.calls.find(([name]) => name === "session_end")?.[1] as
+      | ((
+          event: { sessionId: string; sessionKey?: string; reason?: string },
+          ctx: { agentId?: string; sessionId: string; sessionKey?: string },
+        ) => Promise<void>)
+      | undefined;
+    if (!sessionEnd) {
+      throw new Error("missing Codex session_end hook");
+    }
+    const identity = sessionBindingIdentity({
+      agentId: "worker",
+      sessionId: "session-1",
+      sessionKey: "agent:worker:session-1",
+    });
+    const setBinding = () =>
+      bindingStore.mutate(identity, {
+        kind: "set",
+        binding: { threadId: "thread-1", cwd: "/repo" },
+      });
+
+    for (const reason of ["shutdown", "restart", "compaction", "unknown"] as const) {
+      await setBinding();
+      await sessionEnd(
+        { sessionId: "session-1", sessionKey: "agent:worker:session-1", reason },
+        { agentId: "worker", sessionId: "session-1" },
+      );
+      await expect(bindingStore.read(identity)).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        threadId: "thread-1",
+      });
+    }
+    for (const reason of ["new", "reset", "idle", "daily", "deleted"] as const) {
+      await setBinding();
+      await sessionEnd(
+        { sessionId: "session-1", sessionKey: "agent:worker:session-1", reason },
+        { agentId: "worker", sessionId: "session-1" },
+      );
+      await expect(bindingStore.read(identity)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("adopts compaction successors before delayed lifecycle cleanup", async () => {
+    const stateStore = createCodexTestBindingStateStore();
+    const bindingStore = createCodexAppServerBindingStore(stateStore);
+    const on = vi.fn();
+    plugin.register(
+      createTestPluginApi({
+        id: "codex",
+        name: "Codex",
+        source: "test",
+        config: {},
+        pluginConfig: {},
+        runtime: createCodexTestRuntime(undefined, stateStore),
+        registerAgentHarness: vi.fn(),
+        registerCommand: vi.fn(),
+        registerMediaUnderstandingProvider: vi.fn(),
+        registerMigrationProvider: vi.fn(),
+        registerProvider: vi.fn(),
+        on,
+      }),
+    );
+    const afterCompaction = on.mock.calls.find(([name]) => name === "after_compaction")?.[1] as
+      | ((
+          event: {
+            messageCount: number;
+            compactedCount: number;
+            previousSessionId?: string;
+          },
+          ctx: { agentId?: string; sessionId?: string; sessionKey?: string },
+        ) => Promise<void>)
+      | undefined;
+    const sessionEnd = on.mock.calls.find(([name]) => name === "session_end")?.[1] as
+      | ((
+          event: { sessionId: string; sessionKey?: string; reason?: string },
+          ctx: { agentId?: string; sessionId: string; sessionKey?: string },
+        ) => Promise<void>)
+      | undefined;
+    if (!afterCompaction || !sessionEnd) {
+      throw new Error("missing Codex compaction lifecycle hooks");
+    }
+    const sessionKey = "agent:worker:telegram:chat-1";
+    const previous = sessionBindingIdentity({
+      agentId: "worker",
+      sessionId: "session-1",
+      sessionKey,
+    });
+    const successor = sessionBindingIdentity({
+      agentId: "worker",
+      sessionId: "session-2",
+      sessionKey,
+    });
+    const newest = sessionBindingIdentity({
+      agentId: "worker",
+      sessionId: "session-3",
+      sessionKey,
+    });
+    await bindingStore.mutate(previous, {
+      kind: "set",
+      binding: { threadId: "thread-1", cwd: "/repo" },
+    });
+
+    await afterCompaction(
+      { messageCount: 1, compactedCount: 1, previousSessionId: "session-1" },
+      { agentId: "worker", sessionId: "session-2", sessionKey },
+    );
+    await expect(bindingStore.read(previous)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    await expect(bindingStore.read(successor)).resolves.toMatchObject({ threadId: "thread-1" });
+
+    await afterCompaction(
+      { messageCount: 1, compactedCount: 1, previousSessionId: "session-2" },
+      { agentId: "worker", sessionId: "session-3", sessionKey },
+    );
+    await afterCompaction(
+      { messageCount: 1, compactedCount: 1, previousSessionId: "session-1" },
+      { agentId: "worker", sessionId: "session-2", sessionKey },
+    );
+    await expect(bindingStore.read(successor)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    await expect(bindingStore.read(newest)).resolves.toMatchObject({ threadId: "thread-1" });
+
+    await sessionEnd(
+      { sessionId: "session-1", sessionKey, reason: "reset" },
+      { agentId: "worker", sessionId: "session-1", sessionKey },
+    );
+    await sessionEnd(
+      { sessionId: "session-2", sessionKey, reason: "compaction" },
+      { agentId: "worker", sessionId: "session-2", sessionKey },
+    );
+    await expect(bindingStore.read(newest)).resolves.toMatchObject({ threadId: "thread-1" });
+    expect(stateStore.entries()).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("ignores compaction for a session without a Codex binding", async () => {
+    const warn = vi.fn();
+    const on = vi.fn();
+    plugin.register(
+      createTestPluginApi({
+        id: "codex",
+        name: "Codex",
+        source: "test",
+        config: {},
+        pluginConfig: {},
+        logger: { debug: vi.fn(), info: vi.fn(), warn, error: vi.fn() },
+        runtime: createCodexTestRuntime(),
+        registerAgentHarness: vi.fn(),
+        registerCommand: vi.fn(),
+        registerMediaUnderstandingProvider: vi.fn(),
+        registerMigrationProvider: vi.fn(),
+        registerProvider: vi.fn(),
+        on,
+      }),
+    );
+    const afterCompaction = on.mock.calls.find(([name]) => name === "after_compaction")?.[1] as
+      | ((event: object, ctx: { sessionId?: string; sessionKey?: string }) => Promise<void>)
+      | undefined;
+    if (!afterCompaction) {
+      throw new Error("missing Codex after_compaction hook");
+    }
+
+    await afterCompaction(
+      { previousSessionId: "session-1" },
+      { sessionId: "session-2", sessionKey: "agent:main:main" },
+    );
+
+    expect(warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("enables the native hook relay for public Codex app-server attempts", async () => {
-    const harness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({ pluginConfig: { appServer: {} } });
+    const harness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({
+      bindingStore: testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
+      pluginConfig: { appServer: {} },
+    });
     const result = { success: true };
     runCodexAppServerAttemptMock.mockResolvedValueOnce(result);
 
@@ -160,6 +342,7 @@ describe("codex plugin", () => {
     expect(runCodexAppServerAttemptMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       { prompt: "hello" },
       {
+        bindingStore: testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
         pluginConfig: { appServer: {} },
         nativeHookRelay: { enabled: true },
       },
@@ -194,11 +377,7 @@ describe("codex plugin", () => {
         source: "test",
         config: {},
         pluginConfig: { codexPlugins: { enabled: false } },
-        runtime: {
-          config: {
-            current: () => liveConfig,
-          },
-        } as never,
+        runtime: createCodexTestRuntime(() => liveConfig),
         registerAgentHarness,
         registerCommand: vi.fn(),
         registerMediaUnderstandingProvider: vi.fn(),
@@ -218,14 +397,49 @@ describe("codex plugin", () => {
     expect(runCodexAppServerAttemptMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       { prompt: "calendar" },
       {
+        bindingStore: expect.any(Object),
         pluginConfig: liveConfig.plugins.entries.codex.config,
         nativeHookRelay: { enabled: true },
       },
     );
   });
 
+  it("does not resurrect startup Codex config after the live entry is removed", async () => {
+    const registerAgentHarness = vi.fn();
+    plugin.register(
+      createTestPluginApi({
+        id: "codex",
+        name: "Codex",
+        source: "test",
+        config: {},
+        pluginConfig: { appServer: { mode: "yolo" } },
+        runtime: createCodexTestRuntime(() => ({ plugins: { entries: {} } })),
+        registerAgentHarness,
+        registerCommand: vi.fn(),
+        registerMediaUnderstandingProvider: vi.fn(),
+        registerMigrationProvider: vi.fn(),
+        registerProvider: vi.fn(),
+        on: vi.fn(),
+      }),
+    );
+    const harness = mockCallArg(registerAgentHarness) as ReturnType<
+      typeof createCodexAppServerAgentHarness
+    >;
+    runCodexAppServerAttemptMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ success: true });
+
+    await harness.runAttempt({ prompt: "default policy" } as never);
+
+    expect(runCodexAppServerAttemptMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      { prompt: "default policy" },
+      expect.objectContaining({ pluginConfig: undefined }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("enables the native hook relay for public Codex side questions", async () => {
-    const harness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({ pluginConfig: { appServer: {} } });
+    const harness = createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({
+      bindingStore: testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
+      pluginConfig: { appServer: {} },
+    });
     const runSideQuestion = harness["runSideQuestion"];
     const result = { text: "ok" };
     runCodexAppServerSideQuestionMock.mockResolvedValueOnce(result);
@@ -238,6 +452,7 @@ describe("codex plugin", () => {
     expect(runCodexAppServerSideQuestionMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       { question: "btw" },
       {
+        bindingStore: testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
         pluginConfig: { appServer: {} },
         nativeHookRelay: { enabled: true },
       },

extensions/codex/index.ts

@@ -4,48 +4,72 @@
  */
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-contracts";
 import { mutateConfigFile } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-mutation";
-import { resolveLivePluginConfigObject } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-config-runtime";
+import {
+  resolveLivePluginConfigObject,
+  resolvePluginConfigObject,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-config-runtime";
 import { definePluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-entry";
 import { createCodexAppServerAgentHarness } from "./harness.js";
 import { buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider } from "./media-understanding-provider.js";
 import { buildCodexProvider } from "./provider.js";
+import {
+  CODEX_APP_SERVER_BINDING_MAX_ENTRIES,
+  CODEX_APP_SERVER_BINDING_NAMESPACE,
+  createLazyCodexAppServerBindingStore,
+  type StoredCodexAppServerBinding,
+} from "./src/app-server/session-binding-store.js";
 import type { CodexPluginsConfigBlock } from "./src/command-plugins-management.js";
 import { createCodexCommand } from "./src/commands.js";
-import {
-  handleCodexConversationBindingResolved,
-  handleCodexConversationInboundClaim,
-} from "./src/conversation-binding.js";
 import { buildCodexMigrationProvider } from "./src/migration/provider.js";
 import {
   createCodexCliSessionNodeHostCommands,
   createCodexCliSessionNodeInvokePolicies,
-  listCodexCliSessionsOnNode,
-  resumeCodexCliSessionOnNode,
-  resolveCodexCliSessionForBindingOnNode,
-} from "./src/node-cli-sessions.js";
+} from "./src/node-cli-session-registration.js";
 import { createCodexWebSearchProvider } from "./src/web-search-provider.js";
 
+const ENDED_SESSION_REASONS: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set([
+  "new",
+  "reset",
+  "idle",
+  "daily",
+  "deleted",
+]);
+
 export default definePluginEntry({
   id: "codex",
   name: "Codex",
   description: "Codex app-server harness and Codex-managed GPT model catalog.",
   register(api) {
-    const resolveCurrentConfig = () =>
-      api.runtime.config?.current ? (api.runtime.config.current() as OpenClawConfig) : undefined;
+    const runtimeConfigLoader = api.runtime.config?.current
+      ? () => api.runtime.config?.current() as OpenClawConfig
+      : undefined;
+    const resolveCurrentConfig = () => runtimeConfigLoader?.();
+    const loadNodeCliSessions = () => import("./src/node-cli-sessions.js");
     const resolveCurrentPluginConfig = () =>
       // Codex plugin config can change at runtime; resolve from live config for
       // harness attempts and binding claims instead of keeping startup values.
       resolveLivePluginConfigObject(
-        resolveCurrentConfig,
+        runtimeConfigLoader,
         "codex",
         api.pluginConfig as Record<string, unknown>,
-      ) ?? api.pluginConfig;
+      );
+    const bindingStore = createLazyCodexAppServerBindingStore(
+      api.runtime.state.openSyncKeyedStore<StoredCodexAppServerBinding>({
+        namespace: CODEX_APP_SERVER_BINDING_NAMESPACE,
+        maxEntries: CODEX_APP_SERVER_BINDING_MAX_ENTRIES,
+        overflowPolicy: "reject-new",
+      }),
+    );
     api.registerAgentHarness(
-      createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({ resolvePluginConfig: resolveCurrentPluginConfig }),
+      createCodexAppServerAgentHarness({
+        bindingStore,
+        resolveConfig: resolveCurrentConfig,
+        resolvePluginConfig: resolveCurrentPluginConfig,
+      }),
     );
     api.registerProvider(buildCodexProvider({ pluginConfig: api.pluginConfig }));
     api.registerMediaUnderstandingProvider(
-      buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({ pluginConfig: api.pluginConfig }),
+      buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({ resolvePluginConfig: resolveCurrentPluginConfig }),
     );
     api.registerWebSearchProvider(
       createCodexWebSearchProvider({ resolvePluginConfig: resolveCurrentPluginConfig }),
@@ -59,43 +83,43 @@ export default definePluginEntry({
     }
     api.registerCommand(
       createCodexCommand({
-        pluginConfig: api.pluginConfig,
+        resolvePluginConfig: resolveCurrentPluginConfig,
         deps: {
-          listCodexCliSessionsOnNode: (params) =>
-            listCodexCliSessionsOnNode({ runtime: api.runtime, ...params }),
-          resolveCodexCliSessionForBindingOnNode: (params) =>
-            resolveCodexCliSessionForBindingOnNode({ runtime: api.runtime, ...params }),
+          bindingStore,
+          listCodexCliSessionsOnNode: async (params) =>
+            await (
+              await loadNodeCliSessions()
+            ).listCodexCliSessionsOnNode({
+              runtime: api.runtime,
+              ...params,
+            }),
+          resolveCodexCliSessionForBindingOnNode: async (params) =>
+            await (
+              await loadNodeCliSessions()
+            ).resolveCodexCliSessionForBindingOnNode({
+              runtime: api.runtime,
+              ...params,
+            }),
           codexPluginsManagementIo: {
             readConfig: () => {
               const current = (api.runtime.config?.current?.() ?? {}) as OpenClawConfig;
-              const plugins = (current as Record<string, unknown>).plugins;
-              if (!plugins || typeof plugins !== "object") {
+              const codexPlugins = resolvePluginConfigObject(current, "codex")?.codexPlugins;
+              if (
+                !codexPlugins ||
+                typeof codexPlugins !== "object" ||
+                Array.isArray(codexPlugins)
+              ) {
                 return Promise.resolve({});
               }
-              const entries = (plugins as Record<string, unknown>).entries;
-              if (!entries || typeof entries !== "object") {
-                return Promise.resolve({});
-              }
-              const codexEntry = (entries as Record<string, unknown>).codex;
-              if (!codexEntry || typeof codexEntry !== "object") {
-                return Promise.resolve({});
-              }
-              const config = (codexEntry as Record<string, unknown>).config;
-              if (!config || typeof config !== "object") {
-                return Promise.resolve({});
-              }
-              const codexPlugins = (config as Record<string, unknown>).codexPlugins;
-              if (!codexPlugins || typeof codexPlugins !== "object") {
-                return Promise.resolve({});
-              }
-              const declared = (codexPlugins as Record<string, unknown>).plugins;
+              const block = codexPlugins as Record<string, unknown>;
+              const declared = block.plugins;
               if (!declared || typeof declared !== "object") {
                 return Promise.resolve({
-                  enabled: (codexPlugins as Record<string, unknown>).enabled === true,
+                  enabled: block.enabled === true,
                 });
               }
               return Promise.resolve({
-                enabled: (codexPlugins as Record<string, unknown>).enabled === true,
+                enabled: block.enabled === true,
                 plugins: declared as Record<string, never>,
               });
             },
@@ -105,17 +129,12 @@ export default definePluginEntry({
                   // Create the nested plugin config path on demand so codex
                   // plugin commands can enable/update Codex-managed plugins.
                   const root = draft as Record<string, unknown>;
-                  root.plugins = (root.plugins ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
-                  const pluginsBlock = root.plugins as Record<string, unknown>;
-                  pluginsBlock.entries = (pluginsBlock.entries ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
-                  const entries = pluginsBlock.entries as Record<string, unknown>;
-                  entries.codex = (entries.codex ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
-                  const codexEntry = entries.codex as Record<string, unknown>;
-                  codexEntry.config = (codexEntry.config ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
-                  const config = codexEntry.config as Record<string, unknown>;
-                  config.codexPlugins = (config.codexPlugins ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
-                  const codexPlugins = config.codexPlugins as Record<string, unknown>;
-                  codexPlugins.plugins = (codexPlugins.plugins ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+                  const pluginsBlock = (root.plugins ??= {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+                  const entries = (pluginsBlock.entries ??= {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+                  const codexEntry = (entries.codex ??= {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+                  const config = (codexEntry.config ??= {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+                  const codexPlugins = (config.codexPlugins ??= {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+                  codexPlugins.plugins ??= {};
                   update(codexPlugins as CodexPluginsConfigBlock);
                 },
               });
@@ -124,14 +143,58 @@ export default definePluginEntry({
         },
       }),
     );
-    api.on("inbound_claim", (event, ctx) =>
-      handleCodexConversationInboundClaim(event, ctx, {
+    api.on("inbound_claim", async (event, ctx) => {
+      const { handleCodexConversationInboundClaim } = await import("./src/conversation-binding.js");
+      return await handleCodexConversationInboundClaim(event, ctx, {
+        bindingStore,
         pluginConfig: resolveCurrentPluginConfig(),
         config: resolveCurrentConfig(),
-        resumeCodexCliSessionOnNode: (params) =>
-          resumeCodexCliSessionOnNode({ runtime: api.runtime, ...params }),
-      }),
-    );
-    api.onConversationBindingResolved?.(handleCodexConversationBindingResolved);
+        resumeCodexCliSessionOnNode: async (params) =>
+          await (
+            await loadNodeCliSessions()
+          ).resumeCodexCliSessionOnNode({
+            runtime: api.runtime,
+            ...params,
+          }),
+      });
+    });
+    api.on("after_compaction", async (event, ctx) => {
+      const previousSessionId = event.previousSessionId?.trim();
+      const sessionId = ctx.sessionId?.trim();
+      if (!previousSessionId || !sessionId || previousSessionId === sessionId) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const config = resolveCurrentConfig();
+      const sessionKey = ctx.sessionKey?.trim();
+      const { sessionBindingIdentity } = await import("./src/app-server/session-binding.js");
+      const identity = sessionBindingIdentity({
+        sessionId,
+        ...(sessionKey ? { sessionKey } : {}),
+        ...(ctx.agentId ? { agentId: ctx.agentId } : {}),
+        ...(config ? { config } : {}),
+      });
+      const adopted = await bindingStore.adoptSessionGeneration(identity, previousSessionId);
+      if (adopted === "conflict") {
+        api.logger.warn?.(
+          `codex: could not adopt compacted session generation ${sessionId} (${adopted}); secondary native compaction will skip`,
+        );
+      }
+    });
+    api.on("session_end", async (event, ctx) => {
+      if (!event.reason || !ENDED_SESSION_REASONS.has(event.reason)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const sessionKey = event.sessionKey ?? ctx.sessionKey;
+      const config = resolveCurrentConfig();
+      const { sessionBindingIdentity } = await import("./src/app-server/session-binding.js");
+      await bindingStore.retireSessionGeneration(
+        sessionBindingIdentity({
+          sessionId: event.sessionId,
+          ...(sessionKey ? { sessionKey } : {}),
+          ...(ctx.agentId ? { agentId: ctx.agentId } : {}),
+          ...(config ? { config } : {}),
+        }),
+      );
+    });
   },
 });

extensions/codex/media-understanding-provider.test.ts

@@ -2,8 +2,25 @@
 import { MAX_TIMER_TIMEOUT_MS } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/number-runtime";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider } from "./media-understanding-provider.js";
-import type { CodexAppServerClient } from "./src/app-server/client.js";
+import { CodexAppServerRpcError, type CodexAppServerClient } from "./src/app-server/client.js";
 import type { CodexServerNotification, JsonValue } from "./src/app-server/protocol.js";
+import { adaptCodexTestClientFactory } from "./src/app-server/test-support.js";
+
+const EXPECTED_MEDIA_THREAD_CONFIG = {
+  project_doc_max_bytes: 0,
+  web_search: "disabled",
+  "tools.experimental_request_user_input.enabled": false,
+  "features.hooks": false,
+  "features.multi_agent": false,
+  "features.apps": false,
+  "features.plugins": false,
+  "features.image_generation": false,
+  "features.skill_mcp_dependency_install": false,
+  "features.memories": false,
+  "features.goals": false,
+  "features.code_mode": false,
+  "features.code_mode_only": false,
+};
 
 const sharedClientMocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   createIsolatedCodexAppServerClient: vi.fn(),
@@ -85,13 +102,15 @@ function createFakeClient(options?: {
   inputModalities?: string[];
   completeWithItems?: boolean;
   notifyError?: string;
-  approvalRequestMethod?: string;
   responseText?: string;
+  turnStartError?: Error;
+  preBindNotificationCount?: number;
+  interruptError?: Error;
+  unsubscribeError?: Error;
 }) {
   const notifications = new Set<(notification: CodexServerNotification) => void>();
-  const requestHandlers = new Set<(request: { method: string }) => JsonValue | undefined>();
+  const closeHandlers = new Set<() => void>();
   const requests: Array<{ method: string; params?: JsonValue }> = [];
-  const approvalResponses: JsonValue[] = [];
   const request = vi.fn(async (method: string, params?: JsonValue) => {
     requests.push({ method, params });
     if (method === "model/list") {
@@ -104,51 +123,60 @@ function createFakeClient(options?: {
       return threadStartResult();
     }
     if (method === "turn/start") {
-      if (options?.approvalRequestMethod) {
-        for (const handler of requestHandlers) {
-          const response = handler({ method: options.approvalRequestMethod });
-          if (response !== undefined) {
-            approvalResponses.push(response);
+      if (options?.turnStartError) {
+        throw options.turnStartError;
+      }
+      if (options?.preBindNotificationCount) {
+        for (let index = 0; index < options.preBindNotificationCount; index += 1) {
+          for (const notify of notifications) {
+            notify({
+              method: "item/started",
+              params: { threadId: "thread-1", turnId: "turn-1" },
+            });
           }
         }
+        return turnStartResult();
       }
-      if (options?.notifyError) {
-        for (const notify of notifications) {
-          notify({
-            method: "error",
-            params: {
-              threadId: "thread-1",
-              turnId: "turn-1",
-              error: {
-                message: options.notifyError,
-                codexErrorInfo: null,
-                additionalDetails: null,
+      const emitTurnNotifications = () => {
+        if (options?.notifyError) {
+          for (const notify of notifications) {
+            notify({
+              method: "error",
+              params: {
+                threadId: "thread-1",
+                turnId: "turn-1",
+                error: {
+                  message: options.notifyError,
+                  codexErrorInfo: null,
+                  additionalDetails: null,
+                },
+                willRetry: false,
               },
-              willRetry: false,
-            },
-          });
+            });
+          }
+        } else if (!options?.completeWithItems) {
+          for (const notify of notifications) {
+            notify({
+              method: "item/agentMessage/delta",
+              params: {
+                threadId: "thread-1",
+                turnId: "turn-1",
+                itemId: "msg-1",
+                delta: options?.responseText ?? "A red square.",
+              },
+            });
+            notify({
+              method: "turn/completed",
+              params: {
+                threadId: "thread-1",
+                turnId: "turn-1",
+                turn: turnStartResult("completed").turn,
+              },
+            });
+          }
         }
-      } else if (!options?.completeWithItems) {
-        for (const notify of notifications) {
-          notify({
-            method: "item/agentMessage/delta",
-            params: {
-              threadId: "thread-1",
-              turnId: "turn-1",
-              itemId: "msg-1",
-              delta: options?.responseText ?? "A red square.",
-            },
-          });
-          notify({
-            method: "turn/completed",
-            params: {
-              threadId: "thread-1",
-              turnId: "turn-1",
-              turn: turnStartResult("completed").turn,
-            },
-          });
-        }
-      }
+      };
+      emitTurnNotifications();
       return turnStartResult(
         options?.completeWithItems ? "completed" : "inProgress",
         options?.completeWithItems
@@ -164,6 +192,12 @@ function createFakeClient(options?: {
           : [],
       );
     }
+    if (method === "turn/interrupt" && options?.interruptError) {
+      throw options.interruptError;
+    }
+    if (method === "thread/unsubscribe" && options?.unsubscribeError) {
+      throw options.unsubscribeError;
+    }
     return {};
   });
 
@@ -173,14 +207,17 @@ function createFakeClient(options?: {
       notifications.add(handler);
       return () => notifications.delete(handler);
     },
-    addRequestHandler(handler: (request: { method: string }) => JsonValue | undefined) {
-      requestHandlers.add(handler);
-      return () => requestHandlers.delete(handler);
+    addRequestHandler() {
+      return () => undefined;
+    },
+    addCloseHandler(handler: () => void) {
+      closeHandlers.add(handler);
+      return () => closeHandlers.delete(handler);
     },
     close: vi.fn(),
   } as unknown as CodexAppServerClient;
 
-  return { client, requests, approvalResponses };
+  return { client, requests };
 }
 
 describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
@@ -192,11 +229,9 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
 
   it("runs image understanding through a bounded Codex app-server turn", async () => {
     const { client, requests } = createFakeClient();
-    const clientFactory = vi.fn(
-      async (_startOptions, _authProfileId, _agentDir, _config) => client,
-    );
+    const clientFactory = vi.fn(async () => client);
     const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
-      clientFactory,
+      clientLeaseFactory: adaptCodexTestClientFactory(clientFactory),
     });
     const cfg = {
       auth: {
@@ -219,42 +254,33 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
     });
 
     expect(result).toEqual({ text: "A red square.", model: "gpt-5.4" });
-    expect(requests.map((entry) => entry.method)).toEqual([
-      "model/list",
-      "thread/start",
-      "turn/start",
-    ]);
     expect(clientFactory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.any(Object),
       undefined,
       "/tmp/openclaw-agent",
       cfg,
-      { timeoutMs: 30_000 },
+      expect.objectContaining({ timeoutMs: 30_000 }),
     );
+    expect(requests.map((entry) => entry.method)).toEqual([
+      "model/list",
+      "thread/start",
+      "turn/start",
+      "thread/unsubscribe",
+    ]);
+    expect(requests[0]?.params).toEqual({ limit: 100, cursor: null, includeHidden: true });
     expect(requests[1]?.params).toEqual({
       model: "gpt-5.4",
       modelProvider: "openai",
-      cwd: "/tmp/openclaw-agent",
-      approvalPolicy: "on-request",
+      cwd: "/tmp/openclaw-agent/codex-media-home",
+      approvalPolicy: "never",
       sandbox: "read-only",
       serviceName: "OpenClaw",
+      personality: "none",
       developerInstructions:
         "You are OpenClaw's bounded image-understanding worker. Describe only the provided image content. Do not call tools, edit files, or ask follow-up questions.",
-      config: {
-        "features.apps": false,
-        "features.code_mode": false,
-        "features.code_mode_only": false,
-        "features.image_generation": false,
-        "features.multi_agent": false,
-        "features.plugins": false,
-        "features.standalone_web_search": false,
-        web_search: "disabled",
-      },
+      config: EXPECTED_MEDIA_THREAD_CONFIG,
       environments: [],
-      dynamicTools: [],
-      experimentalRawEvents: true,
       ephemeral: true,
-      persistExtendedHistory: false,
     });
     expect(requests[2]?.params).toEqual({
       threadId: "thread-1",
@@ -262,9 +288,6 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
         { type: "text", text: "Describe briefly.", text_elements: [] },
         { type: "image", url: "data:image/png;base64,aW1hZ2UtYnl0ZXM=" },
       ],
-      cwd: "/tmp/openclaw-agent",
-      approvalPolicy: "on-request",
-      model: "gpt-5.4",
       effort: "low",
     });
   });
@@ -272,8 +295,12 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
   it("treats a blank agent directory as absent when starting the app-server", async () => {
     const { client, requests } = createFakeClient();
     const clientFactory = vi.fn(async () => client);
-    const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({ clientFactory });
-    const cfg = {};
+    const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
+      clientLeaseFactory: adaptCodexTestClientFactory(clientFactory),
+    });
+    const cfg = {
+      agents: { list: [{ id: "main", agentDir: "/tmp/openclaw-default-agent" }] },
+    };
 
     await provider.describeImage?.({
       buffer: Buffer.from("image-bytes"),
@@ -286,11 +313,16 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
       agentDir: " ",
     });
 
-    expect(clientFactory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(Object), undefined, undefined, cfg, {
-      timeoutMs: 30_000,
-    });
-    expect(requests[1]?.params).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ cwd: process.cwd() }));
-    expect(requests[2]?.params).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ cwd: process.cwd() }));
+    expect(clientFactory).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.any(Object),
+      undefined,
+      "/tmp/openclaw-default-agent",
+      cfg,
+      expect.any(Object),
+    );
+    expect(requests[1]?.params).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({ cwd: "/tmp/openclaw-default-agent/codex-media-home" }),
+    );
   });
 
   it("preserves configured WebSocket transport for media turns", async () => {
@@ -370,7 +402,7 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
     try {
       const { client } = createFakeClient();
       const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
-        clientFactory: async () => client,
+        clientLeaseFactory: adaptCodexTestClientFactory(async () => client),
       });
 
       const result = await provider.describeImage?.({
@@ -393,33 +425,97 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("declines approval requests during image understanding", async () => {
-    const { client, approvalResponses } = createFakeClient({
-      approvalRequestMethod: "item/permissions/requestApproval",
-    });
+  it("starts the media deadline before client acquisition", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
     const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
-      clientFactory: async () => client,
+      clientLeaseFactory: adaptCodexTestClientFactory(
+        async () => await new Promise<CodexAppServerClient>(() => {}),
+      ),
     });
-
-    await provider.describeImage?.({
+    const description = provider.describeImage?.({
       buffer: Buffer.from("image-bytes"),
       fileName: "image.png",
       mime: "image/png",
       provider: "codex",
       model: "gpt-5.4",
-      prompt: "Describe briefly.",
-      timeoutMs: 30_000,
+      timeoutMs: 100,
+      cfg: {},
+      agentDir: "/tmp/openclaw-agent",
+    });
+    const rejected = expect(description).rejects.toThrow(
+      "Codex app-server image understanding timed out",
+    );
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(100);
+
+    await rejected;
+  });
+
+  it("retires a media client lease that resolves after its deadline", async () => {
+    let resolveLease!: (lease: {
+      client: CodexAppServerClient;
+      release: () => void;
+      abandon: () => Promise<void>;
+    }) => void;
+    const pendingLease = new Promise<{
+      client: CodexAppServerClient;
+      release: () => void;
+      abandon: () => Promise<void>;
+    }>((resolve) => {
+      resolveLease = resolve;
+    });
+    const clientLeaseFactory = vi.fn(async () => await pendingLease);
+    const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({ clientLeaseFactory });
+    const description = provider.describeImage?.({
+      buffer: Buffer.from("image-bytes"),
+      fileName: "image.png",
+      mime: "image/png",
+      provider: "codex",
+      model: "gpt-5.4",
+      timeoutMs: 5,
       cfg: {},
       agentDir: "/tmp/openclaw-agent",
     });
 
-    expect(approvalResponses).toEqual([{ permissions: {}, scope: "turn" }]);
+    await expect(description).rejects.toThrow("Codex app-server image understanding timed out");
+    const { client } = createFakeClient();
+    const release = vi.fn();
+    const abandon = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    resolveLease({ client, release, abandon });
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(abandon).toHaveBeenCalledOnce());
+
+    expect(release).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("releases the bounded route between isolated media calls", async () => {
+    const { client, requests } = createFakeClient();
+    const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
+      clientLeaseFactory: adaptCodexTestClientFactory(async () => client),
+    });
+    const request = {
+      buffer: Buffer.from("image-bytes"),
+      fileName: "image.png",
+      mime: "image/png",
+      provider: "codex",
+      model: "gpt-5.4",
+      timeoutMs: 30_000,
+      cfg: {},
+      agentDir: "/tmp/openclaw-agent",
+    };
+
+    const first = await provider.describeImage?.(request);
+    const second = await provider.describeImage?.(request);
+
+    expect(first?.text).toBe("A red square.");
+    expect(second?.text).toBe("A red square.");
+    expect(requests.filter((entry) => entry.method === "model/list")).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(requests.filter((entry) => entry.method === "thread/start")).toHaveLength(2);
   });
 
   it("extracts text from terminal turn items", async () => {
     const { client } = createFakeClient({ completeWithItems: true });
     const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
-      clientFactory: async () => client,
+      clientLeaseFactory: adaptCodexTestClientFactory(async () => client),
     });
 
     const result = await provider.describeImages?.({
@@ -438,7 +534,7 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
   it("rejects text-only Codex app-server models before starting a turn", async () => {
     const { client, requests } = createFakeClient({ inputModalities: ["text"] });
     const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
-      clientFactory: async () => client,
+      clientLeaseFactory: adaptCodexTestClientFactory(async () => client),
     });
 
     await expect(
@@ -459,7 +555,7 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
   it("surfaces Codex app-server turn errors", async () => {
     const { client } = createFakeClient({ notifyError: "vision unavailable" });
     const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
-      clientFactory: async () => client,
+      clientLeaseFactory: adaptCodexTestClientFactory(async () => client),
     });
 
     await expect(
@@ -476,12 +572,107 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
     ).rejects.toThrow("vision unavailable");
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    {
+      name: "structured rejection",
+      error: new CodexAppServerRpcError({ message: "turn rejected" }, "turn/start"),
+      abandonCount: 0,
+    },
+    {
+      name: "ambiguous timeout",
+      error: new Error("turn/start timed out"),
+      abandonCount: 1,
+    },
+  ])("handles $name with exact media lease ownership", async ({ error, abandonCount }) => {
+    const { client } = createFakeClient({ turnStartError: error });
+    const release = vi.fn();
+    const abandon = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
+      clientLeaseFactory: async () => ({ client, release, abandon }),
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      provider.describeImage?.({
+        buffer: Buffer.from("image-bytes"),
+        fileName: "image.png",
+        mime: "image/png",
+        provider: "codex",
+        model: "gpt-5.4",
+        timeoutMs: 30_000,
+        cfg: {},
+        agentDir: "/tmp/openclaw-agent",
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toBe(error);
+
+    expect(abandon).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(abandonCount);
+    expect(release).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("retires the media client when thread cleanup is unconfirmed", async () => {
+    const { client } = createFakeClient({ unsubscribeError: new Error("unsubscribe failed") });
+    const release = vi.fn();
+    const abandon = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
+      clientLeaseFactory: async () => ({ client, release, abandon }),
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      provider.describeImage?.({
+        buffer: Buffer.from("image-bytes"),
+        fileName: "image.png",
+        mime: "image/png",
+        provider: "codex",
+        model: "gpt-5.4",
+        timeoutMs: 30_000,
+        cfg: {},
+        agentDir: "/tmp/openclaw-agent",
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ text: "A red square.", model: "gpt-5.4" });
+
+    expect(abandon).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(release).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("retires the media client when an accepted turn cannot be interrupted", async () => {
+    const { client, requests } = createFakeClient({
+      preBindNotificationCount: 257,
+      interruptError: new Error("interrupt timeout"),
+    });
+    const release = vi.fn();
+    const abandon = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
+      clientLeaseFactory: async () => ({ client, release, abandon }),
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      provider.describeImage?.({
+        buffer: Buffer.from("image-bytes"),
+        fileName: "image.png",
+        mime: "image/png",
+        provider: "codex",
+        model: "gpt-5.4",
+        timeoutMs: 30_000,
+        cfg: {},
+        agentDir: "/tmp/openclaw-agent",
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("pre-bind notification buffer exceeded 256 entries");
+
+    expect(requests.map((entry) => entry.method)).toEqual([
+      "model/list",
+      "thread/start",
+      "turn/start",
+      "turn/interrupt",
+    ]);
+    expect(abandon).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(release).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("runs structured extraction through the same bounded Codex app-server path", async () => {
     const { client, requests } = createFakeClient({
       responseText: '{"summary":"red square","tags":["shape"]}',
     });
     const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
-      clientFactory: async () => client,
+      clientLeaseFactory: adaptCodexTestClientFactory(async () => client),
     });
 
     const result = await provider.extractStructured?.({
@@ -522,31 +713,21 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
       "model/list",
       "thread/start",
       "turn/start",
+      "thread/unsubscribe",
     ]);
     expect(requests[1]?.params).toEqual({
       model: "gpt-5.4",
       modelProvider: "openai",
-      cwd: "/tmp/openclaw-agent",
-      approvalPolicy: "on-request",
+      cwd: "/tmp/openclaw-agent/codex-media-home",
+      approvalPolicy: "never",
       sandbox: "read-only",
       serviceName: "OpenClaw",
+      personality: "none",
       developerInstructions:
         "You are OpenClaw's bounded structured-extraction worker. Return only the requested extraction. Do not call tools, edit files, ask follow-up questions, or include secrets.",
-      config: {
-        "features.apps": false,
-        "features.code_mode": false,
-        "features.code_mode_only": false,
-        "features.image_generation": false,
-        "features.multi_agent": false,
-        "features.plugins": false,
-        "features.standalone_web_search": false,
-        web_search: "disabled",
-      },
+      config: EXPECTED_MEDIA_THREAD_CONFIG,
       environments: [],
-      dynamicTools: [],
-      experimentalRawEvents: true,
       ephemeral: true,
-      persistExtendedHistory: false,
     });
     const turnParams = requests[2]?.params as
       | {
@@ -559,9 +740,9 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
         }
       | undefined;
     expect(turnParams?.threadId).toBe("thread-1");
-    expect(turnParams?.approvalPolicy).toBe("on-request");
-    expect(turnParams?.model).toBe("gpt-5.4");
-    expect(turnParams?.cwd).toBe("/tmp/openclaw-agent");
+    expect(turnParams?.approvalPolicy).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(turnParams?.model).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(turnParams?.cwd).toBeUndefined();
     expect(turnParams?.effort).toBe("low");
     expect(turnParams?.input).toHaveLength(3);
     expect(turnParams?.input?.[0]?.type).toBe("text");
@@ -584,7 +765,7 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
       responseText: '{"summary":"only text"}',
     });
     const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
-      clientFactory: async () => client,
+      clientLeaseFactory: adaptCodexTestClientFactory(async () => client),
     });
 
     await expect(
@@ -604,7 +785,7 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
   it("returns a controlled error when structured JSON parsing fails", async () => {
     const { client } = createFakeClient({ responseText: "not json" });
     const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
-      clientFactory: async () => client,
+      clientLeaseFactory: adaptCodexTestClientFactory(async () => client),
     });
 
     await expect(
@@ -633,7 +814,7 @@ describe("codex media understanding provider", () => {
       responseText: '{"summary":123,"tags":["shape"]}',
     });
     const provider = buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider({
-      clientFactory: async () => client,
+      clientLeaseFactory: adaptCodexTestClientFactory(async () => client),
     });
 
     await expect(

extensions/codex/media-understanding-provider.ts

@@ -1,216 +1,35 @@
-/**
- * Codex-backed media understanding provider for bounded image description and
- * structured extraction turns.
- */
-import {
-  type JsonSchemaObject,
-  validateJsonSchemaValue,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/json-schema-runtime";
-import type {
-  ImagesDescriptionRequest,
-  ImagesDescriptionResult,
-  MediaUnderstandingProvider,
-  StructuredExtractionRequest,
-  StructuredExtractionResult,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/media-understanding";
+/** Lazy registration facade for Codex-backed media understanding. */
+import type { MediaUnderstandingProvider } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/media-understanding";
 import { CODEX_PROVIDER_ID, FALLBACK_CODEX_MODELS } from "./provider-catalog.js";
-import {
-  runBoundedCodexAppServerTurn,
-  type CodexBoundedTurnOptions,
-} from "./src/app-server/bounded-turn.js";
-import type { CodexUserInput } from "./src/app-server/protocol.js";
+import type { CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory } from "./src/app-server/shared-client.js";
 
 const DEFAULT_CODEX_IMAGE_MODEL =
   FALLBACK_CODEX_MODELS.find((model) => model.inputModalities.includes("image"))?.id ??
   FALLBACK_CODEX_MODELS[0]?.id;
-const DEFAULT_CODEX_IMAGE_PROMPT = "Describe the image.";
 
-export type CodexMediaUnderstandingProviderOptions = CodexBoundedTurnOptions;
+/** Dependencies and plugin config for Codex media-understanding calls. */
+export type CodexMediaUnderstandingProviderOptions = {
+  pluginConfig?: unknown;
+  resolvePluginConfig?: () => unknown;
+  clientLeaseFactory?: CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory;
+};
 
-/**
- * Builds the media-understanding provider that delegates image tasks to an
- * isolated Codex app-server session.
- */
+/** Builds a provider whose app-server implementation loads on first use. */
 export function buildCodexMediaUnderstandingProvider(
   options: CodexMediaUnderstandingProviderOptions = {},
 ): MediaUnderstandingProvider {
+  let runtime: Promise<typeof import("./src/media-understanding-provider.runtime.js")> | undefined;
+  const load = () => (runtime ??= import("./src/media-understanding-provider.runtime.js"));
   return {
     id: CODEX_PROVIDER_ID,
     capabilities: ["image"],
     ...(DEFAULT_CODEX_IMAGE_MODEL ? { defaultModels: { image: DEFAULT_CODEX_IMAGE_MODEL } } : {}),
-    describeImage: async (req) =>
-      describeCodexImages(
-        {
-          images: [
-            {
-              buffer: req.buffer,
-              fileName: req.fileName,
-              mime: req.mime,
-            },
-          ],
-          provider: req.provider,
-          model: req.model,
-          prompt: req.prompt,
-          maxTokens: req.maxTokens,
-          timeoutMs: req.timeoutMs,
-          profile: req.profile,
-          preferredProfile: req.preferredProfile,
-          authStore: req.authStore,
-          agentDir: req.agentDir,
-          cfg: req.cfg,
-        },
-        options,
-      ),
-    describeImages: async (req) => describeCodexImages(req, options),
-    extractStructured: async (req) => extractCodexStructured(req, options),
+    describeImage: async ({ buffer, fileName, mime, ...request }) =>
+      await (
+        await load()
+      ).describeCodexImages({ ...request, images: [{ buffer, fileName, mime }] }, options),
+    describeImages: async (request) => await (await load()).describeCodexImages(request, options),
+    extractStructured: async (request) =>
+      await (await load()).extractCodexStructured(request, options),
   };
 }
-
-async function describeCodexImages(
-  req: ImagesDescriptionRequest,
-  options: CodexMediaUnderstandingProviderOptions,
-): Promise<ImagesDescriptionResult> {
-  const model = req.model.trim();
-  if (!model) {
-    throw new Error("Codex image understanding requires model id.");
-  }
-
-  const { text } = await runBoundedCodexAppServerTurn({
-    config: req.cfg,
-    model: { mode: "required", id: model },
-    profile: req.profile,
-    timeoutMs: req.timeoutMs,
-    agentDir: req.agentDir,
-    authProfileStore: req.authStore,
-    options,
-    taskLabel: "image understanding",
-    developerInstructions:
-      "You are OpenClaw's bounded image-understanding worker. Describe only the provided image content. Do not call tools, edit files, or ask follow-up questions.",
-    input: [
-      { type: "text", text: buildCodexImagePrompt(req), text_elements: [] },
-      ...req.images.map((image) => ({
-        type: "image" as const,
-        url: `data:${image.mime ?? "image/png"};base64,${image.buffer.toString("base64")}`,
-      })),
-    ],
-    requiredModalities: ["text", "image"],
-    isolation: "configured-transport",
-  });
-  return { text, model };
-}
-
-async function extractCodexStructured(
-  req: StructuredExtractionRequest,
-  options: CodexMediaUnderstandingProviderOptions,
-): Promise<StructuredExtractionResult> {
-  const model = req.model.trim();
-  if (!model) {
-    throw new Error("Codex structured extraction requires model id.");
-  }
-  const instructions = req.instructions.trim();
-  if (!instructions) {
-    throw new Error("Codex structured extraction requires instructions.");
-  }
-  if (req.input.length === 0) {
-    throw new Error("Codex structured extraction requires at least one input.");
-  }
-  if (!req.input.some((entry) => entry.type === "image")) {
-    throw new Error("Codex structured extraction requires at least one image input.");
-  }
-
-  const { text } = await runBoundedCodexAppServerTurn({
-    config: req.cfg,
-    model: { mode: "required", id: model },
-    profile: req.profile,
-    timeoutMs: req.timeoutMs,
-    agentDir: req.agentDir,
-    authProfileStore: req.authStore,
-    options,
-    taskLabel: "structured extraction",
-    developerInstructions:
-      "You are OpenClaw's bounded structured-extraction worker. Return only the requested extraction. Do not call tools, edit files, ask follow-up questions, or include secrets.",
-    input: buildCodexStructuredInput(req),
-    requiredModalities: requiredStructuredModalities(),
-    isolation: "configured-transport",
-  });
-  return normalizeStructuredExtractionResult({ text, model, provider: req.provider, req });
-}
-
-function buildCodexImagePrompt(req: ImagesDescriptionRequest): string {
-  const prompt = req.prompt?.trim() || DEFAULT_CODEX_IMAGE_PROMPT;
-  if (req.images.length <= 1) {
-    return prompt;
-  }
-  return `${prompt}\n\nAnalyze all ${req.images.length} images together.`;
-}
-
-function requiredStructuredModalities(): string[] {
-  return ["text", "image"];
-}
-
-function buildCodexStructuredInput(req: StructuredExtractionRequest): CodexUserInput[] {
-  return [
-    { type: "text", text: buildStructuredExtractionPrompt(req), text_elements: [] },
-    ...req.input.map((entry) => {
-      if (entry.type === "text") {
-        return { type: "text" as const, text: entry.text, text_elements: [] };
-      }
-      return {
-        type: "image" as const,
-        url: `data:${entry.mime ?? "image/png"};base64,${entry.buffer.toString("base64")}`,
-      };
-    }),
-  ];
-}
-
-function buildStructuredExtractionPrompt(req: StructuredExtractionRequest): string {
-  return [
-    req.instructions.trim(),
-    req.schemaName ? `Schema name: ${req.schemaName}` : undefined,
-    req.jsonSchema ? `JSON schema:\n${JSON.stringify(req.jsonSchema)}` : undefined,
-    req.jsonMode === false
-      ? "Return the extraction as concise text."
-      : "Return valid JSON only. Do not wrap the JSON in Markdown fences.",
-  ]
-    .filter((part): part is string => Boolean(part))
-    .join("\n\n");
-}
-
-function isJsonSchemaObject(value: unknown): value is JsonSchemaObject {
-  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
-}
-
-function normalizeStructuredExtractionResult(params: {
-  text: string;
-  model: string;
-  provider: string;
-  req: StructuredExtractionRequest;
-}): StructuredExtractionResult {
-  const result: StructuredExtractionResult = {
-    text: params.text,
-    model: params.model,
-    provider: params.provider,
-    contentType: params.req.jsonMode === false ? "text" : "json",
-  };
-  if (params.req.jsonMode !== false) {
-    try {
-      result.parsed = JSON.parse(params.text);
-    } catch {
-      throw new Error("Codex structured extraction returned invalid JSON.");
-    }
-    if (isJsonSchemaObject(params.req.jsonSchema)) {
-      const validation = validateJsonSchemaValue({
-        schema: params.req.jsonSchema,
-        cacheKey: "codex.media-understanding.extractStructured",
-        value: result.parsed,
-        cache: false,
-      });
-      if (!validation.ok) {
-        const message = validation.errors.map((error) => error.text).join("; ") || "invalid";
-        throw new Error(`Codex structured extraction JSON did not match schema: ${message}`);
-      }
-      result.parsed = validation.value;
-    }
-  }
-  return result;
-}

extensions/codex/npm-shrinkwrap.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/codex",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@openclaw/codex",
-      "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+      "version": "2026.6.8",
       "dependencies": {
         "@openai/codex": "0.139.0",
         "typebox": "1.1.39",

extensions/codex/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openclaw/codex",
-  "version": "2026.6.20-alpha.1",
+  "version": "2026.6.8",
   "description": "OpenClaw Codex app-server harness and model provider plugin with a Codex-managed GPT catalog.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
       ]
     },
     "compat": {
-      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.8"
     },
     "build": {
-      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.20-alpha.1"
+      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.8"
     },
     "release": {
       "publishToClawHub": true,

extensions/codex/provider.test.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import { CODEX_GPT5_BEHAVIOR_CONTRACT } from "./prompt-overlay.js";
 import { codexProviderDiscovery } from "./provider-discovery.js";
 import { buildCodexProvider, buildCodexProviderCatalog } from "./provider.js";
 import { CodexAppServerClient } from "./src/app-server/client.js";
-import type { listCodexAppServerModels } from "./src/app-server/models.js";
+import type { listAllCodexAppServerModels } from "./src/app-server/models.js";
 import {
   createIsolatedCodexAppServerClient,
-  getSharedCodexAppServerClient,
+  leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient,
   resetSharedCodexAppServerClientForTests,
 } from "./src/app-server/shared-client.js";
 
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ function createFakeCodexClient(): CodexAppServerClient {
   return {
     initialize: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     request: vi.fn(async () => ({ data: [] })),
-    setActiveSharedLeaseCountProviderForUnscopedNotifications: vi.fn(),
+    addNotificationHandler: vi.fn(() => () => undefined),
+    addRequestHandler: vi.fn(() => () => undefined),
     addCloseHandler: vi.fn(() => () => undefined),
     close: vi.fn(),
   } as unknown as CodexAppServerClient;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ const TEST_CODEX_APP_SERVER_CONFIG = {
 };
 
 async function listTestCodexAppServerModels(
-  options: Parameters<typeof listCodexAppServerModels>[0] = {},
+  options: Parameters<typeof listAllCodexAppServerModels>[0] = {},
 ) {
   expect(options.sharedClient).toBe(false);
   const client = await createIsolatedCodexAppServerClient({
@@ -183,45 +184,33 @@ describe("codex provider", () => {
     expect(resultProvider?.models.map((model) => model.id)).toEqual(["gpt-5.4"]);
   });
 
-  it("pages through live discovery before building the provider catalog", async () => {
-    const listModels = vi
-      .fn()
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
-        models: [
-          {
-            id: "gpt-5.4",
-            model: "gpt-5.4",
-            hidden: false,
-            inputModalities: ["text", "image"],
-            supportedReasoningEfforts: ["medium"],
-          },
-        ],
-        nextCursor: "page-2",
-      })
-      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
-        models: [
-          {
-            id: "gpt-5.5",
-            model: "gpt-5.5",
-            hidden: false,
-            inputModalities: ["text"],
-            supportedReasoningEfforts: [],
-          },
-        ],
-      });
+  it("delegates all-page discovery to one model lister call", async () => {
+    const listModels = vi.fn(async () => ({
+      models: [
+        {
+          id: "gpt-5.4",
+          model: "gpt-5.4",
+          hidden: false,
+          inputModalities: ["text", "image"],
+          supportedReasoningEfforts: ["medium"],
+        },
+        {
+          id: "gpt-5.5",
+          model: "gpt-5.5",
+          hidden: false,
+          inputModalities: ["text"],
+          supportedReasoningEfforts: [],
+        },
+      ],
+    }));
 
     const result = await buildCodexProviderCatalog({
       env: {},
       listModels,
     });
 
+    expect(listModels).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expectRecordFields(mockCallArg(listModels, 0), {
-      cursor: undefined,
-      limit: 100,
-      sharedClient: false,
-    });
-    expectRecordFields(mockCallArg(listModels, 1), {
-      cursor: "page-2",
       limit: 100,
       sharedClient: false,
     });
@@ -277,7 +266,7 @@ describe("codex provider", () => {
       .mockReturnValueOnce(activeClient)
       .mockReturnValueOnce(discoveryClient);
 
-    await getSharedCodexAppServerClient({
+    await leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient({
       startOptions: {
         transport: "stdio",
         command: "/tmp/openclaw-test-codex",

extensions/codex/provider.ts

@@ -18,16 +18,11 @@ import {
   CODEX_PROVIDER_ID,
   FALLBACK_CODEX_MODELS,
 } from "./provider-catalog.js";
-import {
-  type CodexAppServerStartOptions,
-  readCodexPluginConfig,
-  resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions,
-} from "./src/app-server/config.js";
+import type { CodexAppServerStartOptions } from "./src/app-server/config.js";
 import type {
   CodexAppServerModel,
   CodexAppServerModelListResult,
 } from "./src/app-server/models.js";
-import { buildCodexAppServerUsageSnapshot } from "./src/app-server/rate-limits.js";
 
 const DEFAULT_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT_MS = 2500;
 const LIVE_DISCOVERY_ENV = "OPENCLAW_CODEX_DISCOVERY_LIVE";
@@ -39,7 +34,6 @@ const codexCatalogLog = createSubsystemLogger("codex/catalog");
 type CodexModelLister = (options: {
   timeoutMs: number;
   limit?: number;
-  cursor?: string;
   startOptions?: CodexAppServerStartOptions;
   sharedClient?: boolean;
 }) => Promise<CodexAppServerModelListResult>;
@@ -123,6 +117,11 @@ export function buildCodexProvider(options: BuildCodexProviderOptions = {}): Pro
       }
       const runtimePluginConfig = resolvePluginConfigObject(ctx.config, CODEX_PROVIDER_ID);
       const pluginConfig = runtimePluginConfig ?? (ctx.config ? undefined : options.pluginConfig);
+      const [{ resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions }, { buildCodexAppServerUsageSnapshot }] =
+        await Promise.all([
+          import("./src/app-server/config.js"),
+          import("./src/app-server/rate-limits.js"),
+        ]);
       const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({ pluginConfig });
       const rateLimits = await (options.readRateLimits ?? requestCodexAppServerRateLimitsLazy)({
         timeoutMs: ctx.timeoutMs,
@@ -156,13 +155,15 @@ export function buildCodexProvider(options: BuildCodexProviderOptions = {}): Pro
 export async function buildCodexProviderCatalog(
   options: BuildCatalogOptions = {},
 ): Promise<{ provider: ModelProviderConfig }> {
+  const { readCodexPluginConfig, resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions } =
+    await import("./src/app-server/config.js");
   const config = readCodexPluginConfig(options.pluginConfig);
   const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({ pluginConfig: options.pluginConfig });
   const timeoutMs = normalizeTimeoutMs(config.discovery?.timeoutMs);
   let discovered: CodexAppServerModel[] = [];
   if (config.discovery?.enabled !== false && !shouldSkipLiveDiscovery(options.env)) {
     discovered = await listModelsBestEffort({
-      listModels: options.listModels ?? listCodexAppServerModelsLazy,
+      listModels: options.listModels ?? listAllCodexAppServerModelsLazy,
       timeoutMs,
       startOptions: appServer.start,
       onDiscoveryFailure: options.onDiscoveryFailure,
@@ -200,22 +201,14 @@ async function listModelsBestEffort(params: {
   onDiscoveryFailure?: (error: unknown) => void;
 }): Promise<CodexAppServerModel[]> {
   try {
-    const models: CodexAppServerModel[] = [];
-    let cursor: string | undefined;
-    do {
-      // App-server model listing is paginated; collect every visible model so
-      // aliases and picker rows match the current Codex account.
-      const result = await params.listModels({
-        timeoutMs: params.timeoutMs,
-        limit: MODEL_DISCOVERY_PAGE_LIMIT,
-        cursor,
-        startOptions: params.startOptions,
-        sharedClient: false,
-      });
-      models.push(...result.models.filter((model) => !model.hidden));
-      cursor = result.nextCursor;
-    } while (cursor);
-    return models;
+    // The all-pages helper keeps one app-server client alive across pagination.
+    const result = await params.listModels({
+      timeoutMs: params.timeoutMs,
+      limit: MODEL_DISCOVERY_PAGE_LIMIT,
+      startOptions: params.startOptions,
+      sharedClient: false,
+    });
+    return result.models.filter((model) => !model.hidden);
   } catch (error) {
     params.onDiscoveryFailure?.(error);
     codexCatalogLog.debug("codex model discovery failed; using fallback catalog", {
@@ -225,15 +218,14 @@ async function listModelsBestEffort(params: {
   }
 }
 
-async function listCodexAppServerModelsLazy(options: {
+async function listAllCodexAppServerModelsLazy(options: {
   timeoutMs: number;
   limit?: number;
-  cursor?: string;
   startOptions?: CodexAppServerStartOptions;
   sharedClient?: boolean;
 }): Promise<CodexAppServerModelListResult> {
-  const { listCodexAppServerModels } = await import("./src/app-server/models.js");
-  return listCodexAppServerModels(options);
+  const { listAllCodexAppServerModels } = await import("./src/app-server/models.js");
+  return listAllCodexAppServerModels(options);
 }
 
 async function requestCodexAppServerRateLimitsLazy(options: {

extensions/codex/src/app-server/app-server-policy.test.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 // Codex tests cover app server policy plugin behavior.
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import {
-  resolveCodexAppServerForModelProvider,
-  resolveCodexAppServerForOpenClawToolPolicy,
-} from "./app-server-policy.js";
+import { resolveCodexAppServerForOpenClawToolPolicy } from "./app-server-policy.js";
 import { readCodexPluginConfig, resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions } from "./config.js";
 
 describe("Codex app-server policy", () => {
@@ -69,143 +66,4 @@ describe("Codex app-server policy", () => {
     expect(explicitEnv.approvalPolicy).toBe("never");
     expect(explicitRequirements.approvalPolicy).toBe("never");
   });
-
-  it("keeps model-backed reviewers for explicit OpenAI model providers", () => {
-    const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({
-      env: {},
-      requirementsToml: null,
-      execMode: "auto",
-      modelProvider: "openai",
-    });
-
-    expect(
-      resolveCodexAppServerForModelProvider({
-        appServer,
-        provider: "codex",
-        model: "openai/gpt-5.5",
-      }).approvalsReviewer,
-    ).toBe("auto_review");
-    expect(
-      resolveCodexAppServerForModelProvider({
-        appServer,
-        provider: "codex",
-        model: "gpt-5.5",
-      }).approvalsReviewer,
-    ).toBe("user");
-    expect(
-      resolveCodexAppServerForModelProvider({ appServer, provider: "openai" }).approvalsReviewer,
-    ).toBe("auto_review");
-  });
-
-  it("uses human approval for OpenAI-compatible custom endpoints", () => {
-    const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({
-      env: {},
-      requirementsToml: null,
-      execMode: "auto",
-      modelProvider: "openai",
-      model: "gpt-5.5",
-      config: {
-        models: {
-          providers: {
-            openai: {
-              baseUrl: "http://localhost:8080/v1",
-              models: [],
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    });
-
-    expect(appServer.approvalsReviewer).toBe("user");
-    expect(
-      resolveCodexAppServerForModelProvider({
-        appServer,
-        provider: "openai",
-        model: "gpt-5.5",
-        config: {
-          models: {
-            providers: {
-              openai: {
-                baseUrl: "http://localhost:8080/v1",
-                models: [],
-              },
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      }).approvalsReviewer,
-    ).toBe("user");
-  });
-
-  it("uses human approval instead of Codex Guardian for custom model providers", () => {
-    const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({
-      env: {},
-      requirementsToml: null,
-      execMode: "auto",
-      modelProvider: "openai",
-    });
-
-    const resolved = resolveCodexAppServerForModelProvider({
-      appServer,
-      provider: "lmstudio",
-    });
-    const vendorPrefixedModel = resolveCodexAppServerForModelProvider({
-      appServer,
-      provider: "openrouter",
-      model: "openai/gpt-5.5",
-    });
-
-    expect(appServer.approvalsReviewer).toBe("auto_review");
-    expect(resolved.approvalPolicy).toBe("on-request");
-    expect(resolved.sandbox).toBe("workspace-write");
-    expect(resolved.approvalsReviewer).toBe("user");
-    expect(vendorPrefixedModel.approvalsReviewer).toBe("user");
-  });
-
-  it("infers custom providers from provider-qualified model refs", () => {
-    const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({
-      env: {},
-      requirementsToml: null,
-      execMode: "auto",
-    });
-
-    expect(
-      resolveCodexAppServerForModelProvider({
-        appServer,
-        model: "lmstudio/local-model",
-      }).approvalsReviewer,
-    ).toBe("user");
-  });
-
-  it("uses provider-qualified model refs to override broad native provider wrappers", () => {
-    const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({
-      env: {},
-      requirementsToml: null,
-      execMode: "auto",
-    });
-
-    expect(
-      resolveCodexAppServerForModelProvider({
-        appServer,
-        provider: "codex",
-        model: "lmstudio/local-model",
-      }).approvalsReviewer,
-    ).toBe("user");
-  });
-
-  it("downgrades legacy guardian_subagent for custom model providers", () => {
-    const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({
-      env: {},
-      requirementsToml: null,
-      pluginConfig: {
-        appServer: {
-          mode: "guardian",
-          approvalsReviewer: "guardian_subagent",
-        },
-      },
-    });
-
-    expect(
-      resolveCodexAppServerForModelProvider({ appServer, provider: "local" }).approvalsReviewer,
-    ).toBe("user");
-  });
 });

extensions/codex/src/app-server/app-server-policy.ts

@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
  * Policy promotion for Codex app-server runs that can safely use OpenClaw tool
  * approvals.
  */
-import {
-  canUseCodexModelBackedApprovalsReviewerForModel,
-  type CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions,
-  type CodexPluginConfig,
-  type OpenClawExecPolicyForCodexAppServer,
+import type {
+  CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions,
+  CodexPluginConfig,
+  OpenClawExecPolicyForCodexAppServer,
 } from "./config.js";
 
 /**
@@ -45,35 +44,6 @@ export function resolveCodexAppServerForOpenClawToolPolicy(params: {
   };
 }
 
-export function resolveCodexAppServerForModelProvider(params: {
-  appServer: CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions;
-  provider?: string;
-  model?: string;
-  config?: Parameters<typeof canUseCodexModelBackedApprovalsReviewerForModel>[0]["config"];
-  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
-  agentDir?: string;
-  codexConfigToml?: string | null;
-}): CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions {
-  const explicitProvider = normalizeModelBackedReviewerProvider(params.provider);
-  if (
-    !isCodexModelBackedApprovalsReviewer(params.appServer.approvalsReviewer) ||
-    canUseCodexModelBackedApprovalsReviewerForModel({
-      modelProvider: explicitProvider,
-      model: params.model,
-      config: params.config,
-      env: params.env,
-      agentDir: params.agentDir,
-      codexConfigToml: params.codexConfigToml,
-    })
-  ) {
-    return params.appServer;
-  }
-  return {
-    ...params.appServer,
-    approvalsReviewer: "user",
-  };
-}
-
 function isCodexAppServerPolicyMode(value: unknown): boolean {
   return value === "guardian" || value === "yolo";
 }
@@ -83,12 +53,3 @@ function isCodexAppServerApprovalPolicy(value: unknown): boolean {
     value === "never" || value === "on-request" || value === "on-failure" || value === "untrusted"
   );
 }
-
-function isCodexModelBackedApprovalsReviewer(value: string): boolean {
-  return value === "auto_review" || value === "guardian_subagent";
-}
-
-function normalizeModelBackedReviewerProvider(provider: string | undefined): string | undefined {
-  const normalized = provider?.trim().toLowerCase();
-  return normalized || undefined;
-}

extensions/codex/src/app-server/approval-bridge.ts

@@ -285,8 +285,7 @@ function matchesCurrentTurn(
   if (!requestParams) {
     return false;
   }
-  const requestThreadId =
-    readString(requestParams, "threadId") ?? readString(requestParams, "conversationId");
+  const requestThreadId = readString(requestParams, "threadId");
   const requestTurnId = readString(requestParams, "turnId");
   return requestThreadId === threadId && requestTurnId === turnId;
 }

extensions/codex/src/app-server/attempt-client-cleanup.test.ts

@@ -2,10 +2,41 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   interruptCodexTurnBestEffort,
+  runCodexTurnStartWithLease,
+  settleCodexAppServerClientLease,
   unsubscribeCodexThreadBestEffort,
+  validateCodexThreadCreationResponse,
 } from "./attempt-client-cleanup.js";
+import { CodexAppServerRpcError } from "./client.js";
 
 describe("Codex app-server attempt client cleanup", () => {
+  it("keeps the client lease after a structured turn-start rejection", async () => {
+    const abandon = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const error = new CodexAppServerRpcError({ message: "turn rejected" }, "turn/start");
+
+    await expect(
+      runCodexTurnStartWithLease({ abandon } as never, async () => {
+        throw error;
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toBe(error);
+
+    expect(abandon).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("abandons only the exact client lease after an ambiguous turn-start timeout", async () => {
+    const abandon = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const otherAbandon = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+
+    await expect(
+      runCodexTurnStartWithLease({ abandon } as never, async () => {
+        throw new Error("turn/start timed out");
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("turn/start timed out");
+
+    expect(abandon).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(otherAbandon).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("interrupts turns with optional request timeout", () => {
     const request = vi.fn(async () => ({}));
 
@@ -22,7 +53,58 @@ describe("Codex app-server attempt client cleanup", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("swallows unsubscribe cleanup failures", async () => {
+  it("unsubscribes a retained thread when its create response is malformed", async () => {
+    const request = vi.fn(async () => ({}));
+    const abandon = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    const invalidResponse = { thread: { id: "thread-1" } };
+
+    await expect(
+      validateCodexThreadCreationResponse(
+        { client: { request } as never, abandon },
+        invalidResponse,
+        () => {
+          throw new Error("invalid thread/start response");
+        },
+      ),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("invalid thread/start response");
+
+    expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "thread/unsubscribe",
+      { threadId: "thread-1" },
+      { timeoutMs: 5_000 },
+    );
+    expect(abandon).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["omits the retained thread id", {}, vi.fn(async () => ({}))],
+    [
+      "cannot confirm unsubscribe",
+      { thread: { id: "thread-1" } },
+      vi.fn(async () => {
+        throw new Error("connection lost");
+      }),
+    ],
+  ])(
+    "retires the client when a malformed create response %s",
+    async (_label, response, request) => {
+      const abandon = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+
+      await expect(
+        validateCodexThreadCreationResponse(
+          { client: { request } as never, abandon },
+          response,
+          () => {
+            throw new Error("invalid thread/start response");
+          },
+        ),
+      ).rejects.toThrow("subscription could not be released");
+
+      expect(abandon).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("reports unsubscribe cleanup failures", async () => {
     const request = vi.fn(async () => {
       throw new Error("already gone");
     });
@@ -32,7 +114,7 @@ describe("Codex app-server attempt client cleanup", () => {
         threadId: "thread-1",
         timeoutMs: 123,
       }),
-    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    ).resolves.toBe(false);
 
     expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       "thread/unsubscribe",
@@ -40,4 +122,31 @@ describe("Codex app-server attempt client cleanup", () => {
       { timeoutMs: 123 },
     );
   });
+
+  it("returns leases only after thread cleanup is confirmed", async () => {
+    const release = vi.fn();
+    const abandon = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    await settleCodexAppServerClientLease(
+      { client: { request: vi.fn(async () => ({})) }, release, abandon } as never,
+      { threadId: "thread-ok", timeoutMs: 123 },
+    );
+    expect(release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(abandon).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    release.mockClear();
+    await settleCodexAppServerClientLease(
+      {
+        client: {
+          request: vi.fn(async () => {
+            throw new Error("unsubscribe failed");
+          }),
+        },
+        release,
+        abandon,
+      } as never,
+      { threadId: "thread-stale", timeoutMs: 123 },
+    );
+    expect(release).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(abandon).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
 });

extensions/codex/src/app-server/attempt-client-cleanup.ts

@@ -2,60 +2,124 @@
  * Best-effort cleanup helpers for Codex app-server startup attempts and turns.
  */
 import { embeddedAgentLog } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-harness-runtime";
-import type { CodexAppServerClient } from "./client.js";
-import {
-  clearSharedCodexAppServerClientIfCurrent,
-  clearSharedCodexAppServerClientIfCurrentAndUnclaimed,
-  retireSharedCodexAppServerClientIfCurrent,
-} from "./shared-client.js";
+import { CodexAppServerRpcError, type CodexAppServerClient } from "./client.js";
+import { isJsonObject, readCodexThreadCreationResponseId } from "./protocol.js";
+import type { CodexAppServerClientLease } from "./shared-client.js";
 
 /** Timeout for best-effort app-server turn interruption during cleanup. */
 export const CODEX_APP_SERVER_INTERRUPT_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
 /** Timeout for best-effort thread unsubscribe during cleanup. */
 export const CODEX_APP_SERVER_UNSUBSCRIBE_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
 
-async function closeClientAndWaitIfAvailable(client: CodexAppServerClient): Promise<void> {
-  const closeable = client as {
-    close?: CodexAppServerClient["close"];
-    closeAndWait?: CodexAppServerClient["closeAndWait"];
-  };
-  if (typeof closeable.closeAndWait === "function") {
-    await closeable.closeAndWait();
-    return;
+/** The connection's thread-subscription ownership can no longer be proven. */
+export class CodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError extends Error {
+  constructor(message: string, options?: ErrorOptions) {
+    super(message, options);
+    this.name = "CodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError";
   }
-  closeable.close?.();
 }
 
-export async function closeCodexStartupClientBestEffort(
-  client: CodexAppServerClient | undefined,
-): Promise<void> {
-  if (!client) {
-    return;
+export function isCodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError(
+  error: unknown,
+): error is CodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError {
+  return error instanceof CodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError;
+}
+
+/** A resume response may only describe the thread this connection retained. */
+export function assertCodexThreadResumeSubscription(
+  requestedThreadId: string,
+  returnedThreadId: string,
+): void {
+  if (returnedThreadId !== requestedThreadId) {
+    throw new CodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError(
+      `Codex thread/resume returned ${returnedThreadId} for ${requestedThreadId}`,
+    );
   }
-  const unclaimedSharedClient = clearSharedCodexAppServerClientIfCurrentAndUnclaimed(client);
-  if (unclaimedSharedClient.closed) {
-    await closeClientAndWaitIfAvailable(client);
-    return;
-  }
-  if (unclaimedSharedClient.found) {
-    const retired = retireSharedCodexAppServerClientIfCurrent(client);
-    if (retired?.closed) {
-      await closeClientAndWaitIfAvailable(client);
+}
+
+/** Retires the exact client lease when turn acceptance is ambiguous. */
+export async function runCodexTurnStartWithLease<T>(
+  lease: CodexAppServerClientLease,
+  startTurn: () => Promise<T>,
+): Promise<T> {
+  try {
+    return await startTurn();
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Structured RPC rejection happens before Codex accepts the turn. Transport,
+    // timeout, and abort failures may hide an accepted turn with an unknown id.
+    if (!(error instanceof CodexAppServerRpcError)) {
+      await lease.abandon();
     }
-    return;
+    throw error;
   }
-  const retiredSharedClient = retireSharedCodexAppServerClientIfCurrent(client);
-  if (retiredSharedClient) {
-    if (retiredSharedClient.closed) {
-      await closeClientAndWaitIfAvailable(client);
+}
+
+/** Retries once when native work wins the race immediately before turn/start. */
+export async function runCodexTurnStartWithNativeTurnRetry<T>(params: {
+  startTurn: () => Promise<T>;
+  waitForActiveTurnCompletion: () => Promise<boolean>;
+  afterActiveTurnCompletion?: () => Promise<void>;
+  onRetry?: () => void;
+}): Promise<T> {
+  try {
+    return await params.startTurn();
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (!isCodexActiveTurnNotSteerableError(error)) {
+      throw error;
     }
-    return;
+    params.onRetry?.();
+    if (!(await params.waitForActiveTurnCompletion())) {
+      throw error;
+    }
+    await params.afterActiveTurnCompletion?.();
+    return await params.startTurn();
   }
-  if (clearSharedCodexAppServerClientIfCurrent(client)) {
-    await closeClientAndWaitIfAvailable(client);
-    return;
+}
+
+/** True for Codex's structured rejection when native work already owns the thread. */
+export function isCodexActiveTurnNotSteerableError(error: unknown): boolean {
+  if (!(error instanceof CodexAppServerRpcError) || !isJsonObject(error.data)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const info = error.data.codexErrorInfo;
+  return isJsonObject(info) && isJsonObject(info.activeTurnNotSteerable);
+}
+
+/** Validates a create response and retires the client unless cleanup is confirmed. */
+export async function validateCodexThreadCreationResponse<T>(
+  owner: {
+    client: CodexAppServerClient;
+    abandon: () => Promise<void>;
+  },
+  response: unknown,
+  validate: (value: unknown) => T,
+): Promise<T> {
+  try {
+    return validate(response);
+  } catch (error) {
+    const threadId = readCodexThreadCreationResponseId(response);
+    const released = threadId
+      ? await unsubscribeCodexThreadBestEffort(owner.client, {
+          threadId,
+          timeoutMs: CODEX_APP_SERVER_UNSUBSCRIBE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+        })
+      : false;
+    if (released) {
+      throw error;
+    }
+    try {
+      await owner.abandon();
+    } catch (abandonError) {
+      throw new CodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError(
+        "Codex thread creation response was invalid and its client could not be retired",
+        { cause: abandonError },
+      );
+    }
+    throw new CodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError(
+      "Codex thread creation response was invalid and its subscription could not be released",
+      { cause: error },
+    );
   }
-  await closeClientAndWaitIfAvailable(client);
 }
 
 /** Sends a turn interrupt without blocking abort cleanup on app-server errors. */
@@ -84,28 +148,56 @@ export function interruptCodexTurnBestEffort(
   }
 }
 
-/** Unsubscribes from a thread while swallowing cleanup-only failures. */
+/** Unsubscribes from a thread and reports whether wire cleanup was confirmed. */
 export async function unsubscribeCodexThreadBestEffort(
   client: CodexAppServerClient,
   params: {
     threadId: string;
     timeoutMs: number;
   },
-): Promise<void> {
+): Promise<boolean> {
   try {
     await client.request(
       "thread/unsubscribe",
       { threadId: params.threadId },
       { timeoutMs: params.timeoutMs },
     );
+    return true;
   } catch (error) {
     embeddedAgentLog.debug("codex app-server thread unsubscribe cleanup failed", {
       threadId: params.threadId,
       error,
     });
+    return false;
   }
 }
 
+/** Returns one exact client lease to the pool only after subscription cleanup succeeds. */
+export async function settleCodexAppServerClientLease(
+  lease: CodexAppServerClientLease,
+  params: {
+    threadId?: string;
+    timeoutMs: number;
+    abandon?: boolean;
+  },
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (params.abandon) {
+    await lease.abandon();
+    return;
+  }
+  if (
+    params.threadId &&
+    !(await unsubscribeCodexThreadBestEffort(lease.client, {
+      threadId: params.threadId,
+      timeoutMs: params.timeoutMs,
+    }))
+  ) {
+    await lease.abandon();
+    return;
+  }
+  lease.release();
+}
+
 /**
  * Retires the shared client after a timed-out turn so later runs do not reuse a
  * potentially wedged app-server connection.
@@ -116,10 +208,9 @@ export async function retireCodexAppServerClientAfterTimedOutTurn(
     threadId: string;
     turnId: string;
     reason: string;
+    abandonClientLease: () => Promise<void>;
   },
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const retiredSharedClient = retireSharedCodexAppServerClientIfCurrent(client);
-  const detachedSharedClient = Boolean(retiredSharedClient);
   interruptCodexTurnBestEffort(client, {
     threadId: params.threadId,
     turnId: params.turnId,
@@ -129,28 +220,10 @@ export async function retireCodexAppServerClientAfterTimedOutTurn(
     threadId: params.threadId,
     timeoutMs: CODEX_APP_SERVER_UNSUBSCRIBE_TIMEOUT_MS,
   });
-  let closedClient = retiredSharedClient?.closed ?? false;
-  if (!detachedSharedClient) {
-    const close = (client as { close?: () => void }).close;
-    if (typeof close === "function") {
-      try {
-        close.call(client);
-        closedClient = true;
-      } catch (error) {
-        embeddedAgentLog.debug("codex app-server client close failed during timeout cleanup", {
-          threadId: params.threadId,
-          turnId: params.turnId,
-          error,
-        });
-      }
-    }
-  }
+  await params.abandonClientLease();
   embeddedAgentLog.warn("codex app-server client retired after timed-out turn", {
     threadId: params.threadId,
     turnId: params.turnId,
     reason: params.reason,
-    detachedSharedClient,
-    closedClient,
-    activeSharedClientLeases: retiredSharedClient?.activeLeases ?? 0,
   });
 }

extensions/codex/src/app-server/attempt-context.ts

@@ -586,6 +586,51 @@ export function prependCodexOpenClawPromptContext(
   return [context?.trim(), deliverySection, promptSection].filter(Boolean).join("\n\n");
 }
 
+/**
+ * Maps the surviving user-request portion of an input range after delivery
+ * metadata has been relocated before the request.
+ */
+export function resolveCodexDeliveryHintPreservedInputRange(params: {
+  prompt: string;
+  promptInputRange: { start: number; end: number } | undefined;
+  decoratedPrompt: string;
+}): { start: number; end: number } | undefined {
+  const { prompt, promptInputRange, decoratedPrompt } = params;
+  const { deliveryHint, prompt: promptWithoutDeliveryHint } = splitLeadingCodexDeliveryHint(prompt);
+  if (
+    !deliveryHint ||
+    !promptInputRange ||
+    promptInputRange.start < 0 ||
+    promptInputRange.end < promptInputRange.start ||
+    promptInputRange.end > prompt.length ||
+    !decoratedPrompt.endsWith(promptWithoutDeliveryHint)
+  ) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const promptWithoutDeliveryHintStart = prompt.length - promptWithoutDeliveryHint.length;
+  const inputStart = Math.max(promptInputRange.start, promptWithoutDeliveryHintStart);
+  const inputEnd = Math.max(
+    inputStart,
+    Math.min(
+      promptInputRange.end,
+      promptWithoutDeliveryHint.length + promptWithoutDeliveryHintStart,
+    ),
+  );
+  const decoratedPromptSuffixStart = decoratedPrompt.length - promptWithoutDeliveryHint.length;
+  const requestHeader = "Current user request:\n";
+  const requestHeaderStart = decoratedPromptSuffixStart - requestHeader.length;
+  // Delivery metadata moves outside the request, so retain the remaining input
+  // span rather than treating the original, now non-contiguous range as valid.
+  return {
+    start:
+      inputStart === promptWithoutDeliveryHintStart &&
+      decoratedPrompt.slice(requestHeaderStart, decoratedPromptSuffixStart) === requestHeader
+        ? requestHeaderStart
+        : decoratedPromptSuffixStart + inputStart - promptWithoutDeliveryHintStart,
+    end: decoratedPromptSuffixStart + inputEnd - promptWithoutDeliveryHintStart,
+  };
+}
+
 function splitLeadingCodexDeliveryHint(prompt: string): {
   deliveryHint?: string;
   prompt: string;

extensions/codex/src/app-server/attempt-notification-state.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   isFileChangePatchUpdatedNotification,
   isAssistantCommentaryCompletionNotification,
   isNativeToolProgressNotification,
-  isNativeResponseStreamDeltaNotification,
   isPendingOpenClawDynamicToolCompletionNotification,
   isRawAssistantProgressNotification,
   isRawReasoningCompletionNotification,
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ import {
   isReasoningProgressNotification,
   isReasoningItemCompletionNotification,
   isRetryableErrorNotification,
-  isTurnNotification,
   readCodexNotificationItem,
   readNotificationItemId,
   shouldDisarmAssistantCompletionIdleWatch,
@@ -25,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 } from "./attempt-notifications.js";
 import { CODEX_POST_REASONING_REPLY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS } from "./attempt-timeouts.js";
 import type { CodexAttemptTurnWatchController } from "./attempt-turn-watches.js";
+import { isCodexNotificationForTurn } from "./notification-correlation.js";
 import type { CodexServerNotification } from "./protocol.js";
 
 type CodexExecutionPhase =
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ export function isTerminalCodexTurnNotificationForTurn(params: {
   turnId: string;
   currentPromptTexts: string[];
 }): boolean {
-  if (!isTurnNotification(params.notification.params, params.threadId, params.turnId)) {
+  if (!isCodexNotificationForTurn(params.notification.params, params.threadId, params.turnId)) {
     return false;
   }
   return (
@@ -105,16 +104,15 @@ export function applyCodexTurnNotificationState(params: {
   turnCrossedToolHandoff: boolean;
 } {
   const { notification, turnWatches } = params;
-  const isCurrentTurnNotification = isTurnNotification(
+  const isCurrentTurnNotification = isCodexNotificationForTurn(
     notification.params,
     params.threadId,
     params.turnId,
   );
   const isTurnCompletion = notification.method === "turn/completed" && isCurrentTurnNotification;
-  const isNativeResponseStreamDelta = isNativeResponseStreamDeltaNotification(notification);
   let turnCrossedToolHandoff = params.turnCrossedToolHandoff;
 
-  if (isCurrentTurnNotification && !isNativeResponseStreamDelta) {
+  if (isCurrentTurnNotification) {
     turnWatches.touchActivity(`notification:${notification.method}`, {
       details: describeNotificationActivity(notification),
       attemptProgress: true,
@@ -250,7 +248,6 @@ export function applyCodexTurnNotificationState(params: {
     !turnWatches.isCompletionIdleWatchPinnedByTerminalError() &&
     notification.method !== "turn/completed" &&
     isCurrentTurnNotification &&
-    !isNativeResponseStreamDelta &&
     !trackedDynamicToolCompletion &&
     !rawToolOutputCompletion &&
     !postToolProgressNeedsTerminalGuard &&

extensions/codex/src/app-server/attempt-notifications.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * Predicates and readers for Codex app-server notification envelopes.
  */
-import { asBoolean } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/string-coerce-runtime";
-import {
-  describeCodexNotificationCorrelation,
-  isCodexNotificationForTurn,
-} from "./notification-correlation.js";
 import {
   isJsonObject,
   type CodexServerNotification,
@@ -216,13 +211,6 @@ export function isNativeToolProgressNotification(notification: CodexServerNotifi
   }
 }
 
-/** Returns true for raw native response stream delta events. */
-export function isNativeResponseStreamDeltaNotification(
-  notification: CodexServerNotification,
-): boolean {
-  return notification.method.startsWith("response.") && notification.method.endsWith(".delta");
-}
-
 /** Returns true for file-change patch update notifications. */
 export function isFileChangePatchUpdatedNotification(
   notification: CodexServerNotification,
@@ -277,74 +265,9 @@ function readRawAssistantTextPreview(item: JsonObject): string | undefined {
   return text.length > 240 ? `${text.slice(0, 237)}...` : text;
 }
 
-/** Returns true when notification params correlate to a specific thread/turn. */
-export function isTurnNotification(
-  value: JsonValue | undefined,
-  threadId: string,
-  turnId: string,
-): boolean {
-  return isCodexNotificationForTurn(value, threadId, turnId);
-}
-
-/** Returns true when a correlated notification belongs to another active run. */
-export function isCodexNotificationOutsideActiveRun(
-  correlation: ReturnType<typeof describeCodexNotificationCorrelation>,
-): boolean {
-  const hasThreadScope = Boolean(correlation.threadId || correlation.nestedTurnThreadId);
-  if (!hasThreadScope) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  if (!correlation.matchesActiveThread) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  const hasTurnScope = Boolean(correlation.turnId || correlation.nestedTurnId);
-  return hasTurnScope && correlation.matchesActiveTurn === false;
-}
-
-/** Checks request params that must contain the current thread and turn ids. */
-export function isCurrentThreadTurnRequestParams(
-  value: JsonValue | undefined,
-  threadId: string,
-  turnId: string,
-): boolean {
-  if (!isJsonObject(value)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return readString(value, "threadId") === threadId && readString(value, "turnId") === turnId;
-}
-
-/** Checks approval request params, accepting `conversationId` as thread id. */
-export function isCurrentApprovalTurnRequestParams(
-  value: JsonValue | undefined,
-  threadId: string,
-  turnId: string,
-): boolean {
-  if (!isJsonObject(value)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  const requestThreadId = readString(value, "threadId") ?? readString(value, "conversationId");
-  return requestThreadId === threadId && readString(value, "turnId") === turnId;
-}
-
-/** Checks request params where `turnId` may be omitted or null for the thread. */
-export function isCurrentThreadOptionalTurnRequestParams(
-  value: JsonValue | undefined,
-  threadId: string,
-  turnId: string,
-): boolean {
-  if (!isJsonObject(value) || readString(value, "threadId") !== threadId) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  const requestTurnId = value.turnId;
-  return requestTurnId === null || requestTurnId === undefined || requestTurnId === turnId;
-}
-
 /** Returns true for app-server error notifications that will retry. */
 export function isRetryableErrorNotification(value: JsonValue | undefined): boolean {
-  if (!isJsonObject(value)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return readBoolean(value, "willRetry") === true || readBoolean(value, "will_retry") === true;
+  return isJsonObject(value) && value.willRetry === true;
 }
 
 /** Returns true for terminal app-server thread status strings. */
@@ -419,10 +342,6 @@ function readString(record: JsonObject, key: string): string | undefined {
   return typeof value === "string" ? value : undefined;
 }
 
-function readBoolean(record: JsonObject, key: string): boolean | undefined {
-  return asBoolean(record[key]);
-}
-
 /** Reads a typed Codex item from notification params when id/type are present. */
 export function readCodexNotificationItem(
   params: JsonValue | undefined,

extensions/codex/src/app-server/attempt-startup.test.ts

@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ import type {
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-harness-runtime";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { startCodexAttemptThread } from "./attempt-startup.js";
-import { defaultLeasedCodexAppServerClientFactory } from "./client-factory.js";
 import { CodexAppServerClient } from "./client.js";
 import { type CodexPluginConfig, resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions } from "./config.js";
+import { threadStartResult } from "./run-attempt-test-harness.js";
 import {
-  clearSharedCodexAppServerClient,
-  getLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient,
-  releaseLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient,
+  resetCodexTestBindingStore,
+  testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
+} from "./session-binding.test-helpers.js";
+import {
+  leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient,
+  resetSharedCodexAppServerClientForTests,
 } from "./shared-client.js";
 import { createClientHarness, createCodexTestModel } from "./test-support.js";
 
@@ -85,12 +88,10 @@ function startThreadWithHarness(
   signal = new AbortController().signal,
   overrides?: {
     pluginConfig?: CodexPluginConfig;
-    attemptClientFactory?: (
-      harness: ClientHarness,
-    ) => Parameters<typeof startCodexAttemptThread>[0]["attemptClientFactory"];
     harness?: ClientHarness;
     paths?: AttemptPaths;
     skipStartSpy?: boolean;
+    onThreadReserved?: Parameters<typeof startCodexAttemptThread>[0]["onThreadReserved"];
   },
 ) {
   const harness = overrides?.harness ?? createClientHarness();
@@ -101,8 +102,7 @@ function startThreadWithHarness(
   const effectivePluginConfig = overrides?.pluginConfig ?? pluginConfig;
 
   const run = startCodexAttemptThread({
-    attemptClientFactory:
-      overrides?.attemptClientFactory?.(harness) ?? defaultLeasedCodexAppServerClientFactory,
+    bindingStore: testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
     appServer: resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({ pluginConfig: effectivePluginConfig }),
     pluginConfig: effectivePluginConfig,
     computerUseConfig: effectivePluginConfig.computerUse ?? { enabled: false },
@@ -125,10 +125,11 @@ function startThreadWithHarness(
     sandboxExecServerEnabled: false,
     sandbox: null,
     contextEngineProjection: undefined,
+    startupTokenGuard: {},
     startupTimeoutMs,
     signal,
     onStartupTimeout: vi.fn(),
-    spawnedBy: undefined,
+    onThreadReserved: overrides?.onThreadReserved,
   });
 
   return { harness, run };
@@ -170,12 +171,13 @@ describe("startCodexAttemptThread", () => {
     vi.useRealTimers();
     vi.stubEnv("CODEX_API_KEY", "");
     vi.stubEnv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "");
-    clearSharedCodexAppServerClient();
+    resetCodexTestBindingStore();
+    resetSharedCodexAppServerClientForTests();
   });
 
   afterEach(async () => {
     vi.useRealTimers();
-    clearSharedCodexAppServerClient();
+    resetSharedCodexAppServerClientForTests();
     vi.restoreAllMocks();
     vi.unstubAllEnvs();
     for (const root of tempRoots) {
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ describe("startCodexAttemptThread", () => {
     tempRoots.clear();
   });
 
-  it("clears the shared app-server when top-level thread startup fails with an app error", async () => {
+  it("keeps the shared app-server reusable after a structured startup rejection", async () => {
     const { harness, run } = startThreadWithHarness(5_000);
     await answerInitialize(harness);
     const threadStart = await waitForThreadStart(harness);
@@ -194,25 +196,57 @@ describe("startCodexAttemptThread", () => {
     });
 
     await expect(run).rejects.toThrow("Invalid bearer token");
+    expect(harness.process.stdin.destroyed).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("retires the client when malformed startup cleanup cannot be confirmed", async () => {
+    const { harness, run } = startThreadWithHarness(5_000);
+    await answerInitialize(harness);
+    const threadStart = await waitForThreadStart(harness);
+    harness.send({ id: threadStart.id, result: { thread: { id: "thread-malformed" } } });
+    const unsubscribe = await waitForRequest(harness, "thread/unsubscribe");
+    harness.send({
+      id: unsubscribe.id,
+      error: { code: -32000, message: "unsubscribe failed" },
+    });
+
+    await expect(run).rejects.toThrow("subscription could not be released");
     expect(harness.process.stdin.destroyed).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("retires a failed startup client after another active lease releases", async () => {
+  it("retires the client when route cleanup cannot release the subscription", async () => {
+    const { harness, run } = startThreadWithHarness(5_000, undefined, {
+      onThreadReserved: () => {
+        throw new Error("route integration failed");
+      },
+    });
+    await answerInitialize(harness);
+    const threadStart = await waitForThreadStart(harness);
+    harness.send({ id: threadStart.id, result: threadStartResult("thread-route-failed") });
+    const unsubscribe = await waitForRequest(harness, "thread/unsubscribe");
+    harness.send({
+      id: unsubscribe.id,
+      error: { code: -32000, message: "unsubscribe failed" },
+    });
+
+    await expect(run).rejects.toThrow("Codex startup subscription cleanup failed");
+    expect(harness.process.stdin.destroyed).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("does not retire a peer-owned client after a structured startup rejection", async () => {
     const retained = createClientHarness();
-    const replacement = createClientHarness();
-    const startSpy = vi
-      .spyOn(CodexAppServerClient, "start")
-      .mockReturnValueOnce(retained.client)
-      .mockReturnValueOnce(replacement.client);
+    const startSpy = vi.spyOn(CodexAppServerClient, "start").mockReturnValue(retained.client);
     const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({ pluginConfig });
     const paths = createAttemptPaths();
 
-    const retainedLease = getLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient({
+    const retainedLeasePromise = leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient({
       startOptions: appServer.start,
       agentDir: paths.agentDir,
+      preparedAuth: {},
     });
     await answerInitialize(retained);
-    await expect(retainedLease).resolves.toBe(retained.client);
+    const retainedLease = await retainedLeasePromise;
+    expect(retainedLease.client).toBe(retained.client);
 
     const { run } = startThreadWithHarness(5_000, new AbortController().signal, {
       harness: retained,
@@ -228,17 +262,16 @@ describe("startCodexAttemptThread", () => {
     await expect(run).rejects.toThrow("Invalid bearer token");
     expect(retained.process.stdin.destroyed).toBe(false);
 
-    expect(releaseLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient(retained.client)).toBe(true);
-    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(retained.process.stdin.destroyed).toBe(true));
-
-    const replacementLease = getLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient({
+    retainedLease.release();
+    const nextLeasePromise = leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient({
       startOptions: appServer.start,
       agentDir: paths.agentDir,
+      preparedAuth: {},
     });
-    await answerInitialize(replacement);
-    await expect(replacementLease).resolves.toBe(replacement.client);
-    expect(startSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-    expect(releaseLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient(replacement.client)).toBe(true);
+    const nextLease = await nextLeasePromise;
+    expect(nextLease.client).toBe(retained.client);
+    expect(startSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    nextLease.release();
   });
 
   it("clears the shared app-server when startup abandons an in-flight thread request", async () => {
@@ -260,18 +293,20 @@ describe("startCodexAttemptThread", () => {
     expect(harness.stdinDestroyed).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("aborts abandoned thread startup when another lease keeps the shared app-server alive", async () => {
+  it("retires abandoned thread startup even when another lease shares the client", async () => {
     const retained = createClientHarness();
     vi.spyOn(CodexAppServerClient, "start").mockReturnValue(retained.client);
     const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({ pluginConfig });
     const paths = createAttemptPaths();
 
-    const retainedLease = getLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient({
+    const retainedLeasePromise = leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient({
       startOptions: appServer.start,
       agentDir: paths.agentDir,
+      preparedAuth: {},
     });
     await answerInitialize(retained);
-    await expect(retainedLease).resolves.toBe(retained.client);
+    const retainedLease = await retainedLeasePromise;
+    expect(retainedLease.client).toBe(retained.client);
 
     const { run } = startThreadWithHarness(100, new AbortController().signal, {
       harness: retained,
@@ -282,11 +317,9 @@ describe("startCodexAttemptThread", () => {
     const threadStart = await waitForThreadStart(retained);
 
     await rejected;
-    expect(retained.process.stdin.destroyed).toBe(false);
-
-    retained.send({ id: threadStart.id, result: { threadId: "late-thread" } });
-    expect(releaseLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient(retained.client)).toBe(true);
-    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(retained.process.stdin.destroyed).toBe(true));
+    expect(threadStart.id).toBeDefined();
+    expect(retained.process.stdin.destroyed).toBe(true);
+    retainedLease.release();
   });
 
   it("closes the shared app-server when startup times out during initialize", async () => {
@@ -311,45 +344,37 @@ describe("startCodexAttemptThread", () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it("closes a startup client that arrives after startup timeout", async () => {
-    let observedFactoryOptions:
-      | {
-          onStartedClient?: (client: CodexAppServerClient) => void;
-          abandonSignal?: AbortSignal;
-        }
-      | undefined;
-    let resolveFactoryDone: () => void = () => undefined;
-    const factoryDone = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
-      resolveFactoryDone = resolve;
+  it("releases a late startup lease without retiring a peer-owned initializing client", async () => {
+    const harness = createClientHarness();
+    const startSpy = vi.spyOn(CodexAppServerClient, "start").mockReturnValue(harness.client);
+    const paths = createAttemptPaths();
+    const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({ pluginConfig });
+    const peerPromise = leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient({
+      startOptions: appServer.start,
+      agentDir: paths.agentDir,
+      preparedAuth: {},
     });
-    const { harness, run } = startThreadWithHarness(100, new AbortController().signal, {
-      attemptClientFactory:
-        (factoryHarness) => async (_startOptions, _authProfileId, _agentDir, _config, options) => {
-          try {
-            observedFactoryOptions = options;
-            await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
-              setTimeout(resolve, 250);
-            });
-            options?.onStartedClient?.(factoryHarness.client);
-            return factoryHarness.client;
-          } finally {
-            resolveFactoryDone();
-          }
-        },
+    const { run } = startThreadWithHarness(100, new AbortController().signal, {
+      harness,
+      paths,
+      skipStartSpy: true,
     });
-    const rejected = expect(run).rejects.toThrow("codex app-server startup timed out");
 
-    await rejected;
-    await factoryDone;
-    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(harness.stdinDestroyed).toBe(true), {
-      interval: 1,
-      timeout: 2_000,
+    await expect(run).rejects.toThrow("codex app-server startup timed out");
+    expect(harness.stdinDestroyed).toBe(false);
+    await answerInitialize(harness);
+    const peer = await peerPromise;
+    expect(peer.client).toBe(harness.client);
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      setImmediate(resolve);
     });
+
+    expect(startSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(
       readHarnessMessages(harness.writes).some((write) => write.method === "thread/start"),
     ).toBe(false);
-    expect(observedFactoryOptions?.onStartedClient).toBeTypeOf("function");
-    expect(observedFactoryOptions?.abandonSignal?.aborted).toBe(true);
+    await peer.abandon();
+    expect(harness.stdinDestroyed).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("clears the shared app-server when cancellation abandons an in-flight thread request", async () => {

extensions/codex/src/app-server/attempt-startup.ts

@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@ import {
   type resolveSandboxContext,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-harness-runtime";
 import { defaultCodexAppInventoryCache } from "./app-inventory-cache.js";
-import { closeCodexStartupClientBestEffort } from "./attempt-client-cleanup.js";
+import {
+  CODEX_APP_SERVER_UNSUBSCRIBE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  CodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError,
+  isCodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError,
+  unsubscribeCodexThreadBestEffort,
+} from "./attempt-client-cleanup.js";
 import { buildCodexPluginThreadConfigEligibilityLogData } from "./attempt-diagnostics.js";
 import { withCodexStartupTimeout } from "./attempt-timeouts.js";
-import type { CodexAppServerClientFactory } from "./client-factory.js";
+import { ensureCodexAppServerClientRuntime } from "./client-runtime.js";
 import { isCodexAppServerConnectionClosedError, type CodexAppServerClient } from "./client.js";
 import { ensureCodexComputerUse } from "./computer-use.js";
 import {
@@ -52,16 +57,23 @@ import {
   releaseCodexSandboxExecServerEnvironment,
   type CodexSandboxExecEnvironment,
 } from "./sandbox-exec-server.js";
+import type { CodexAppServerBindingStore } from "./session-binding.js";
 import {
-  clearSharedCodexAppServerClientIfCurrent,
-  releaseLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient,
+  leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient,
+  type CodexAppServerClientLease,
+  type CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory,
 } from "./shared-client.js";
+import type { CodexAppServerStartupTokenGuard } from "./startup-binding.js";
 import {
   startOrResumeThread,
   type CodexAppServerThreadLifecycleBinding,
   type CodexContextEngineThreadBootstrapProjection,
 } from "./thread-lifecycle.js";
-import type { CodexNativeWebSearchSupport } from "./web-search.js";
+import {
+  getCodexAppServerTurnRouter,
+  type CodexAppServerTurnRouter,
+  type CodexThreadRouteReservation,
+} from "./turn-router.js";
 
 const CODEX_APP_SERVER_STARTUP_CONNECTION_CLOSE_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3;
 
@@ -69,14 +81,15 @@ type CodexSandboxContext = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof resolveSandboxContext>>;
 
 /** Resources and bindings returned after a Codex attempt thread starts. */
 export type StartCodexAttemptThreadResult = {
-  client: CodexAppServerClient;
+  turnRouter: CodexAppServerTurnRouter;
+  turnRoute: CodexThreadRouteReservation;
   thread: CodexAppServerThreadLifecycleBinding;
-  pluginAppServer: CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions;
   sandboxEnvironment: CodexSandboxExecEnvironment | undefined;
   environmentSelection: CodexTurnEnvironmentParams[] | undefined;
   executionCwd: string;
   sandboxPolicy: CodexSandboxPolicy | undefined;
-  releaseSharedClientLease: () => void;
+  clientLease: CodexAppServerClientLease;
+  mcpElicitationDelegationRequired: boolean;
   restartContextEngineCodexThread: () => Promise<CodexAppServerThreadLifecycleBinding>;
 };
 
@@ -85,7 +98,8 @@ export type StartCodexAttemptThreadResult = {
  * run loop must later release.
  */
 export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
-  attemptClientFactory: CodexAppServerClientFactory;
+  bindingStore: CodexAppServerBindingStore;
+  clientLeaseFactory?: CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory;
   appServer: CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions;
   pluginConfig: CodexPluginConfig;
   computerUseConfig: CodexComputerUseConfig;
@@ -111,18 +125,26 @@ export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
   sandboxExecServerEnabled: boolean;
   sandbox: CodexSandboxContext;
   contextEngineProjection: CodexContextEngineThreadBootstrapProjection | undefined;
+  expectedResumeThreadId?: string;
+  startupTokenGuard: CodexAppServerStartupTokenGuard;
   startupTimeoutMs: number;
   signal: AbortSignal;
   onStartupTimeout: () => void | Promise<void>;
-  spawnedBy: EmbeddedRunAttemptParams["spawnedBy"];
+  onThreadReserved?: (client: CodexAppServerClient, threadId: string) => () => void;
 }): Promise<StartCodexAttemptThreadResult> {
-  let pluginAppServer = params.appServer;
-  let releaseSharedClientLease: (() => void) | undefined;
-  let startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup: CodexAppServerClient | undefined;
+  let mcpElicitationDelegationRequired = false;
+  let sharedClientLease: CodexAppServerClientLease | undefined;
   let releaseStartupResourcesOnTimeout: (() => Promise<void>) | undefined;
   let startupAbandoned = false;
   const startupAbandonController = new AbortController();
   const abandonStartupAcquire = () => startupAbandonController.abort();
+  const abandonStartupClient = async () => {
+    const lease = sharedClientLease;
+    sharedClientLease = undefined;
+    if (lease) {
+      await lease.abandon();
+    }
+  };
   params.signal.addEventListener("abort", abandonStartupAcquire, { once: true });
   try {
     const startupResult = await withCodexStartupTimeout({
@@ -133,10 +155,7 @@ export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
         startupAbandonController.abort();
         await params.onStartupTimeout();
         await releaseStartupResourcesOnTimeout?.();
-        releaseSharedClientLease?.();
-        releaseSharedClientLease = undefined;
-        await closeCodexStartupClientBestEffort(startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup);
-        startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup = undefined;
+        await abandonStartupClient();
       },
       operation: async () => {
         const threadConfig = mergeCodexThreadConfigs(
@@ -153,8 +172,9 @@ export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
         const resolvedPluginPolicy = pluginThreadConfigRequired
           ? resolveCodexPluginsPolicy(pluginThreadConfigPluginConfig)
           : undefined;
-        const computerUseMcpElicitationDelegationRequired = params.computerUseConfig.enabled;
-        const mcpElicitationDelegationRequired =
+        const computerUseMcpElicitationDelegationRequired =
+          params.computerUseConfig.enabled === true;
+        mcpElicitationDelegationRequired =
           resolvedPluginPolicy?.enabled === true || computerUseMcpElicitationDelegationRequired;
         const enabledPluginConfigKeys = resolvedPluginPolicy
           ? resolvedPluginPolicy.pluginPolicies
@@ -162,55 +182,48 @@ export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
               .map((plugin) => plugin.configKey)
               .toSorted()
           : undefined;
-        pluginAppServer = mcpElicitationDelegationRequired
+        const pluginAppServer = mcpElicitationDelegationRequired
           ? {
               ...params.appServer,
               approvalPolicy: withMcpElicitationsApprovalPolicy(params.appServer.approvalPolicy),
             }
           : params.appServer;
 
-        let attemptedClient: CodexAppServerClient | undefined;
+        let attemptedClientAbandoned = false;
         const startupAttempt = async () => {
-          let startupClientLease: (() => void) | undefined;
-          let startupClient: CodexAppServerClient | undefined;
-          let startupAttemptError: unknown;
-          let startupAttemptSucceeded = false;
+          let startupClientLease: CodexAppServerClientLease | undefined;
+          let clientWorkStarted = false;
+          attemptedClientAbandoned = false;
           try {
-            startupClient = await params.attemptClientFactory(
-              params.appServer.start,
-              params.startupAuthProfileId,
-              params.agentDir,
-              params.config,
-              {
-                onStartedClient: (client) => {
-                  // Timeout cleanup may fire before the client factory resolves;
-                  // close any late-arriving client instead of leaking a lease.
-                  startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup = client;
-                  if (startupAbandoned || startupAbandonController.signal.aborted) {
-                    void closeCodexStartupClientBestEffort(client);
-                  }
-                },
-                abandonSignal: startupAbandonController.signal,
+            startupClientLease = await (
+              params.clientLeaseFactory ?? leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient
+            )({
+              startOptions: params.appServer.start,
+              authProfileId: params.startupAuthProfileId,
+              agentDir: params.agentDir,
+              config: params.config,
+              preparedAuth: {
+                profileId: params.startupAuthProfileId,
+                cacheKey: params.startupAuthAccountCacheKey ?? params.startupEnvApiKeyCacheKey,
               },
-            );
-            const activeStartupClient = startupClient;
-            let startupClientLeaseReleased = false;
-            startupClientLease = () => {
-              if (startupClientLeaseReleased) {
-                return;
-              }
-              startupClientLeaseReleased = true;
-              releaseLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient(activeStartupClient);
-            };
-            releaseSharedClientLease = startupClientLease;
-            attemptedClient = activeStartupClient;
-            startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup = activeStartupClient;
+              abandonSignal: startupAbandonController.signal,
+            });
+            const activeStartupLease = startupClientLease;
+            const activeStartupClient = activeStartupLease.client;
+            sharedClientLease = startupClientLease;
             if (startupAbandoned) {
               throw new Error("codex app-server startup timed out");
             }
             if (startupAbandonController.signal.aborted) {
               throw new Error("codex app-server startup aborted");
             }
+            clientWorkStarted = true;
+            ensureCodexAppServerClientRuntime(activeStartupClient, {
+              agentDir: params.agentDir,
+              authProfileId: params.startupAuthProfileId,
+              config: params.config,
+            });
+            const turnRouter = getCodexAppServerTurnRouter(activeStartupClient);
             await ensureCodexComputerUse({
               client: activeStartupClient,
               pluginConfig: params.pluginConfig,
@@ -277,7 +290,6 @@ export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
                 : undefined;
               startupSandboxEnvironmentAcquired = Boolean(startupSandboxEnvironment);
               if (startupAbandonController.signal.aborted) {
-                await releaseStartupSandboxEnvironment();
                 throw new Error("codex app-server startup aborted");
               }
               if (
@@ -308,9 +320,57 @@ export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
             const startupSandboxPolicy = startupSandboxEnvironment
               ? resolveCodexExternalSandboxPolicyForOpenClawSandbox(params.sandbox)
               : undefined;
-            const buildThreadLifecycleParams = (signal: AbortSignal) =>
+            let startupReservation:
+              | { route: CodexThreadRouteReservation; release: () => void }
+              | undefined;
+            const reserveStartupThread = (threadId: string) => {
+              if (startupReservation) {
+                if (startupReservation.route.threadId !== threadId) {
+                  throw new Error(
+                    `codex app-server reserved ${startupReservation.route.threadId} but started ${threadId}`,
+                  );
+                }
+                return { release: startupReservation.release };
+              }
+              const route = turnRouter.reserveThread({
+                threadId,
+                releaseOn: params.signal,
+              });
+              let releaseIntegration: (() => void) | undefined;
+              try {
+                releaseIntegration = params.onThreadReserved?.(activeStartupClient, threadId);
+              } catch (error) {
+                route.release();
+                throw error;
+              }
+              let released = false;
+              const release = () => {
+                if (released) {
+                  return;
+                }
+                released = true;
+                if (startupReservation?.route === route) {
+                  startupReservation = undefined;
+                }
+                route.release();
+                releaseIntegration?.();
+              };
+              startupReservation = { route, release };
+              return { release };
+            };
+            const releaseStartupResources = async () => {
+              startupReservation?.release();
+              await releaseStartupSandboxEnvironment();
+            };
+            releaseStartupResourcesOnTimeout = releaseStartupResources;
+            const buildThreadLifecycleParams = (
+              signal: AbortSignal,
+              options: { freshStartOnly?: boolean } = {},
+            ) =>
               ({
                 client: activeStartupClient,
+                abandonClient: activeStartupLease.abandon,
+                bindingStore: params.bindingStore,
                 params: params.buildAttemptParams(),
                 agentId: params.sessionAgentId,
                 cwd: startupExecutionCwd,
@@ -332,7 +392,13 @@ export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
                 environmentSelection: startupEnvironmentSelection,
                 appServerRuntimeFingerprint,
                 contextEngineProjection: params.contextEngineProjection,
+                freshStartOnly: options.freshStartOnly,
+                expectedResumeThreadId: options.freshStartOnly
+                  ? undefined
+                  : params.expectedResumeThreadId,
                 signal,
+                reserveResumeThread: options.freshStartOnly ? undefined : reserveStartupThread,
+                startupTokenGuard: params.startupTokenGuard,
                 pluginThreadConfig: pluginThreadConfigRequired
                   ? {
                       enabled: true,
@@ -356,57 +422,65 @@ export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
               const startupThread = await startOrResumeThread(
                 buildThreadLifecycleParams(startupAbandonController.signal),
               );
+              try {
+                reserveStartupThread(startupThread.threadId);
+              } catch (error) {
+                const unsubscribed = await unsubscribeCodexThreadBestEffort(activeStartupClient, {
+                  threadId: startupThread.threadId,
+                  timeoutMs: CODEX_APP_SERVER_UNSUBSCRIBE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+                });
+                if (!unsubscribed) {
+                  throw new CodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError(
+                    "Codex startup subscription cleanup failed",
+                    { cause: error },
+                  );
+                }
+                throw error;
+              }
               if (startupAbandonController.signal.aborted) {
-                await releaseStartupSandboxEnvironment();
                 throw new Error("codex app-server startup aborted");
               }
+              if (!startupReservation) {
+                throw new Error("codex app-server startup did not reserve its thread route");
+              }
               startupSandboxEnvironmentAcquired = false;
-              startupAttemptSucceeded = true;
               return {
-                client: activeStartupClient,
+                turnRouter,
+                turnRoute: startupReservation.route,
                 thread: startupThread,
                 sandboxEnvironment: startupSandboxEnvironment,
                 environmentSelection: startupEnvironmentSelection,
                 executionCwd: startupExecutionCwd,
                 sandboxPolicy: startupSandboxPolicy,
                 restartContextEngineCodexThread: () =>
-                  startOrResumeThread(buildThreadLifecycleParams(params.signal)),
+                  startOrResumeThread(
+                    buildThreadLifecycleParams(params.signal, { freshStartOnly: true }),
+                  ),
               };
             } catch (error) {
-              await releaseStartupSandboxEnvironment();
+              await releaseStartupResources();
               throw error;
             } finally {
-              if (releaseStartupResourcesOnTimeout === releaseStartupSandboxEnvironment) {
+              if (releaseStartupResourcesOnTimeout === releaseStartupResources) {
                 releaseStartupResourcesOnTimeout = undefined;
               }
             }
           } catch (error) {
-            startupAttemptError = error;
-            throw error;
-          } finally {
-            if (!startupAttemptSucceeded) {
-              if (releaseSharedClientLease === startupClientLease) {
-                releaseSharedClientLease = undefined;
-              }
-              startupClientLease?.();
-              if (startupAbandoned || params.signal.aborted) {
-                if (startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup === startupClient) {
-                  startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup = undefined;
-                }
-                await closeCodexStartupClientBestEffort(startupClient);
-              } else if (
-                shouldClearSharedClientAfterStartupRace(startupAttemptError) ||
-                shouldClearSharedClientAfterStartupFailure({
-                  error: startupAttemptError,
-                  spawnedBy: params.spawnedBy,
-                })
-              ) {
-                if (startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup === startupClient) {
-                  startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup = undefined;
-                }
-                await closeCodexStartupClientBestEffort(startupClient);
-              }
+            if (sharedClientLease === startupClientLease) {
+              sharedClientLease = undefined;
             }
+            const shouldAbandonStartupClient =
+              clientWorkStarted &&
+              (startupAbandoned ||
+                params.signal.aborted ||
+                isIndeterminateCodexStartupFailure(error));
+            if (shouldAbandonStartupClient) {
+              attemptedClientAbandoned = true;
+              await startupClientLease?.abandon();
+            } else {
+              startupClientLease?.release();
+            }
+            throw error;
           }
         };
 
@@ -421,18 +495,13 @@ export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
             if (params.signal.aborted || !isCodexAppServerConnectionClosedError(error)) {
               throw error;
             }
-            const failedClient = attemptedClient;
-            const clearedSharedClient = clearSharedCodexAppServerClientIfCurrent(failedClient);
-            if (startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup === failedClient) {
-              startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup = undefined;
-            }
             if (attempt >= CODEX_APP_SERVER_STARTUP_CONNECTION_CLOSE_MAX_ATTEMPTS) {
               embeddedAgentLog.warn(
                 "codex app-server connection closed during startup; retries exhausted",
                 {
                   attempt,
                   maxAttempts: CODEX_APP_SERVER_STARTUP_CONNECTION_CLOSE_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
-                  clearedSharedClient,
+                  abandonedSharedClient: attemptedClientAbandoned,
                   error: formatErrorMessage(error),
                 },
               );
@@ -444,7 +513,7 @@ export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
                 attempt,
                 nextAttempt: attempt + 1,
                 maxAttempts: CODEX_APP_SERVER_STARTUP_CONNECTION_CLOSE_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
-                clearedSharedClient,
+                abandonedSharedClient: attemptedClientAbandoned,
                 error: formatErrorMessage(error),
               },
             );
@@ -453,32 +522,21 @@ export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
         throw new Error("codex app-server startup retry loop exited unexpectedly");
       },
     });
-    startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup = undefined;
-    if (!releaseSharedClientLease) {
+    const completedSharedClientLease = sharedClientLease;
+    if (!completedSharedClientLease) {
       throw new Error("codex app-server startup succeeded without a shared client lease");
     }
+    sharedClientLease = undefined;
     return {
       ...startupResult,
-      pluginAppServer,
-      releaseSharedClientLease,
+      mcpElicitationDelegationRequired,
+      clientLease: completedSharedClientLease,
     };
   } catch (error) {
-    if (params.signal.aborted || shouldClearSharedClientAfterStartupAbandon(error)) {
-      releaseSharedClientLease?.();
-      releaseSharedClientLease = undefined;
-      await closeCodexStartupClientBestEffort(startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup);
-      startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup = undefined;
-    } else if (
-      shouldClearSharedClientAfterStartupRace(error) ||
-      shouldClearSharedClientAfterStartupFailure({
-        error,
-        spawnedBy: params.spawnedBy,
-      })
-    ) {
-      releaseSharedClientLease?.();
-      releaseSharedClientLease = undefined;
-      await closeCodexStartupClientBestEffort(startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup);
-      startupClientForAbandonedRequestCleanup = undefined;
+    const shouldAbandonStartupClient =
+      params.signal.aborted || isIndeterminateCodexStartupFailure(error);
+    if (shouldAbandonStartupClient) {
+      await abandonStartupClient();
     }
     throw error;
   } finally {
@@ -486,30 +544,13 @@ export async function startCodexAttemptThread(params: {
   }
 }
 
-function shouldClearSharedClientAfterStartupAbandon(error: unknown): boolean {
+function isIndeterminateCodexStartupFailure(error: unknown): boolean {
   return (
-    error instanceof Error &&
-    (error.message === "codex app-server startup timed out" ||
-      error.message === "codex app-server startup aborted")
+    isCodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError(error) ||
+    isCodexAppServerConnectionClosedError(error) ||
+    (error instanceof Error &&
+      (error.message.endsWith(" timed out") ||
+        error.message.endsWith(" aborted") ||
+        error.message.includes("write EPIPE")))
   );
 }
-
-function shouldClearSharedClientAfterStartupRace(error: unknown): boolean {
-  return (
-    error instanceof Error &&
-    (shouldClearSharedClientAfterStartupAbandon(error) || error.message.endsWith(" timed out"))
-  );
-}
-
-function shouldClearSharedClientAfterStartupFailure(params: {
-  error: unknown;
-  spawnedBy: EmbeddedRunAttemptParams["spawnedBy"];
-}): boolean {
-  if (!(params.error instanceof Error)) {
-    return !params.spawnedBy;
-  }
-  if (params.error.message.includes("write EPIPE")) {
-    return true;
-  }
-  return !params.spawnedBy;
-}

extensions/codex/src/app-server/attempt-timeouts.test.ts

@@ -159,6 +159,39 @@ describe("Codex app-server attempt timeouts", () => {
     expect(events).toEqual(["cleanup-start", "cleanup-done"]);
   });
 
+  it("keeps the timeout result when startup resolves during timeout cleanup", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    const events: string[] = [];
+    let resolveOperation!: (value: string) => void;
+    let finishCleanup!: () => void;
+    const run = withCodexStartupTimeout({
+      timeoutMs: 10,
+      signal: new AbortController().signal,
+      onTimeout: async () => {
+        events.push("cleanup-start");
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+          finishCleanup = resolve;
+        });
+        events.push("cleanup-done");
+      },
+      operation: () =>
+        new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
+          resolveOperation = resolve;
+        }),
+    });
+    const rejected = expect(run).rejects.toThrow("codex app-server startup timed out");
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(10);
+    expect(events).toEqual(["cleanup-start"]);
+    resolveOperation("late-ready");
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(events).toEqual(["cleanup-start"]);
+    finishCleanup();
+
+    await rejected;
+    expect(events).toEqual(["cleanup-start", "cleanup-done"]);
+  });
+
   it("rejects startup timeout when aborted before completion", async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     const controller = new AbortController();

extensions/codex/src/app-server/attempt-timeouts.ts

@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ export async function withCodexStartupTimeout<T>(params: {
         };
         timeout = setTimeout(() => {
           timeoutError = new Error("codex app-server startup timed out");
-          timeoutCleanup = Promise.resolve(params.onTimeout?.()).then(
-            () => undefined,
-            () => undefined,
-          );
-          void timeoutCleanup.finally(() => {
-            rejectOnce(timeoutError!);
-          });
+          rejectOnce(timeoutError);
+          timeoutCleanup = Promise.resolve()
+            .then(() => params.onTimeout?.())
+            .then(
+              () => undefined,
+              () => undefined,
+            );
         }, params.timeoutMs);
         const abortListener = () => rejectOnce(new Error("codex app-server startup aborted"));
         params.signal.addEventListener("abort", abortListener, { once: true });

extensions/codex/src/app-server/attempt-turn-watches.test.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe("Codex app-server attempt turn watches", () => {
     const progress: string[] = [];
     const diagnostics: string[] = [];
     const controller = createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController({
-      threadId: "thread-1",
+      getThreadId: () => "thread-1",
       signal: abortController.signal,
       getTurnId: () => "turn-1",
       isCompleted: () => completed,

extensions/codex/src/app-server/attempt-turn-watches.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export type CodexAttemptTurnWatchController = ReturnType<
  * notifications and tool handoffs progress.
  */
 export function createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController(params: {
-  threadId: string;
+  getThreadId: () => string;
   signal: AbortSignal;
   getTurnId: () => string | undefined;
   isCompleted: () => boolean;
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export function createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController(params: {
   const turnTerminalIdleTimeoutMs = resolveTimerTimeoutMs(params.turnTerminalIdleTimeoutMs, 1);
   const interruptTimeoutMs = resolveTimerTimeoutMs(params.interruptTimeoutMs, 1);
   const resolveWatchTimeoutMs = (timeoutMs: number) => resolveTimerTimeoutMs(timeoutMs, 1);
+  const currentThreadId = () => params.getThreadId();
 
   const clearCompletionIdleTimer = () => {
     if (completionIdleTimer) {
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ export function createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController(params: {
     clearTerminalIdleTimer();
     const turnId = params.getTurnId();
     params.onRecordEvent("turn.assistant_completion_idle_release", {
-      threadId: params.threadId,
+      threadId: currentThreadId(),
       turnId,
       idleMs,
       timeoutMs: turnAssistantCompletionIdleTimeoutMs,
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ export function createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController(params: {
     embeddedAgentLog.warn(
       "codex app-server turn released after completed assistant item without terminal event",
       {
-        threadId: params.threadId,
+        threadId: currentThreadId(),
         turnId,
         idleMs,
         timeoutMs: turnAssistantCompletionIdleTimeoutMs,
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ export function createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController(params: {
     );
     if (turnId) {
       params.onInterruptTurn({
-        threadId: params.threadId,
+        threadId: currentThreadId(),
         turnId,
         timeoutMs: interruptTimeoutMs,
       });
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ export function createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController(params: {
     params.onTimeout(timeout);
     params.onMarkTimedOut();
     params.onRecordEvent("turn.progress_idle_timeout", {
-      threadId: params.threadId,
+      threadId: currentThreadId(),
       turnId: params.getTurnId(),
       idleMs,
       timeoutMs: timeout.timeoutMs,
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ export function createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController(params: {
       ...timeout.details,
     });
     embeddedAgentLog.warn("codex app-server turn idle timed out waiting for progress", {
-      threadId: params.threadId,
+      threadId: currentThreadId(),
       turnId: params.getTurnId(),
       idleMs,
       timeoutMs: timeout.timeoutMs,
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ export function createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController(params: {
     params.onTimeout(timeout);
     params.onMarkTimedOut();
     params.onRecordEvent("turn.completion_idle_timeout", {
-      threadId: params.threadId,
+      threadId: currentThreadId(),
       turnId: params.getTurnId(),
       idleMs,
       timeoutMs,
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ export function createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController(params: {
       ...timeout.details,
     });
     embeddedAgentLog.warn("codex app-server turn idle timed out waiting for completion", {
-      threadId: params.threadId,
+      threadId: currentThreadId(),
       turnId: params.getTurnId(),
       idleMs,
       timeoutMs,
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ export function createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController(params: {
     params.onTimeout(timeout);
     params.onMarkTimedOut();
     params.onRecordEvent("turn.terminal_idle_timeout", {
-      threadId: params.threadId,
+      threadId: currentThreadId(),
       turnId: params.getTurnId(),
       idleMs,
       timeoutMs: timeout.timeoutMs,
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ export function createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController(params: {
       ...timeout.details,
     });
     embeddedAgentLog.warn("codex app-server turn idle timed out waiting for terminal event", {
-      threadId: params.threadId,
+      threadId: currentThreadId(),
       turnId: params.getTurnId(),
       idleMs,
       timeoutMs: timeout.timeoutMs,
@@ -457,9 +458,11 @@ export function createCodexAttemptTurnWatchController(params: {
         details?: Record<string, unknown>;
         attemptProgress?: boolean;
         attemptTimeoutMs?: number;
+        receivedAtMs?: number;
       },
     ) => {
-      completionLastActivityAt = Date.now();
+      const now = Date.now();
+      completionLastActivityAt = Math.min(now, options?.receivedAtMs ?? now);
       completionLastActivityReason = `notification:${method}`;
       if (options?.details !== undefined) {
         completionLastActivityDetails = options.details;

extensions/codex/src/app-server/auth-profile-runtime-contract.test.ts

@@ -8,40 +8,56 @@ import {
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-harness";
 import { AUTH_PROFILE_RUNTIME_CONTRACT } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-runtime-test-contracts";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import type { CodexAppServerClientFactory } from "./client-factory.js";
 import { runCodexAppServerAttempt as runCodexAppServerAttemptImpl } from "./run-attempt.js";
 import {
   readCodexAppServerBinding,
-  writeCodexAppServerBinding as writeRawCodexAppServerBinding,
-} from "./session-binding.js";
-import { createCodexTestModel } from "./test-support.js";
+  registerCodexTestSessionIdentity,
+  resetCodexTestBindingStore,
+  testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
+  writeCodexAppServerBinding,
+} from "./session-binding.test-helpers.js";
+import type { CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory } from "./shared-client.js";
+import {
+  adaptCodexTestClientFactory,
+  createCodexTestModel,
+  type CodexTestAppServerClientFactory,
+} from "./test-support.js";
 
-let codexAppServerClientFactoryForTest: CodexAppServerClientFactory | undefined;
+let codexAppServerClientLeaseFactoryForTest: CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory | undefined;
 
-type RunCodexAppServerAttemptOptions = NonNullable<
+type RunCodexAppServerAttemptImplOptions = NonNullable<
   Parameters<typeof runCodexAppServerAttemptImpl>[1]
 >;
+type RunCodexAppServerAttemptOptions = Omit<RunCodexAppServerAttemptImplOptions, "bindingStore"> & {
+  bindingStore?: RunCodexAppServerAttemptImplOptions["bindingStore"];
+};
 
-function setCodexAppServerClientFactoryForTest(factory: CodexAppServerClientFactory): void {
-  codexAppServerClientFactoryForTest = factory;
+function setCodexAppServerClientFactoryForTest(factory: CodexTestAppServerClientFactory): void {
+  codexAppServerClientLeaseFactoryForTest = adaptCodexTestClientFactory(factory);
 }
 
 function resetCodexAppServerClientFactoryForTest(): void {
-  codexAppServerClientFactoryForTest = undefined;
+  codexAppServerClientLeaseFactoryForTest = undefined;
 }
 
 function runCodexAppServerAttempt(
   params: EmbeddedRunAttemptParams,
   options: RunCodexAppServerAttemptOptions = {},
 ) {
-  const clientFactory = options.clientFactory ?? codexAppServerClientFactoryForTest;
-  return runCodexAppServerAttemptImpl(
-    params,
-    clientFactory ? { ...options, clientFactory } : options,
-  );
+  const clientLeaseFactory = options.clientLeaseFactory ?? codexAppServerClientLeaseFactoryForTest;
+  return runCodexAppServerAttemptImpl(params, {
+    ...options,
+    bindingStore: options.bindingStore ?? testCodexAppServerBindingStore,
+    ...(clientLeaseFactory ? { clientLeaseFactory } : {}),
+  });
 }
 
 function createParams(sessionFile: string, workspaceDir: string): EmbeddedRunAttemptParams {
+  registerCodexTestSessionIdentity(
+    sessionFile,
+    AUTH_PROFILE_RUNTIME_CONTRACT.sessionId,
+    AUTH_PROFILE_RUNTIME_CONTRACT.sessionKey,
+  );
   return {
     prompt: AUTH_PROFILE_RUNTIME_CONTRACT.workspacePrompt,
     sessionId: AUTH_PROFILE_RUNTIME_CONTRACT.sessionId,
@@ -148,7 +164,8 @@ function createCodexAuthProfileHarness(params: { startMethod: "thread/start" | "
   const seenAuthProfileIds: Array<string | undefined> = [];
   const seenAgentDirs: Array<string | undefined> = [];
   const requests: Array<{ method: string; params: unknown }> = [];
-  let notify: (notification: unknown) => Promise<void> = async () => undefined;
+  const notificationHandlers = new Set<(notification: unknown) => Promise<void> | void>();
+  const requestHandlers = new Set<(request: unknown) => unknown>();
   setCodexAppServerClientFactoryForTest(async (_startOptions, authProfileId, agentDir) => {
     seenAuthProfileIds.push(authProfileId);
     seenAgentDirs.push(agentDir);
@@ -164,13 +181,22 @@ function createCodexAuthProfileHarness(params: { startMethod: "thread/start" | "
         }
         throw new Error(`unexpected method: ${method}`);
       }),
-      addNotificationHandler: (handler: (notification: unknown) => Promise<void>) => {
-        notify = handler;
-        return () => undefined;
+      addNotificationHandler: (handler: (notification: unknown) => Promise<void> | void) => {
+        notificationHandlers.add(handler);
+        return () => notificationHandlers.delete(handler);
       },
-      addRequestHandler: () => () => undefined,
+      addRequestHandler: (handler: (request: unknown) => unknown) => {
+        requestHandlers.add(handler);
+        return () => requestHandlers.delete(handler);
+      },
+      addCloseHandler: () => () => undefined,
     } as never;
   });
+  const notify = async (notification: unknown) => {
+    await Promise.all(
+      [...notificationHandlers].map((handler) => Promise.resolve(handler(notification))),
+    );
+  };
   return {
     seenAuthProfileIds,
     seenAgentDirs,
@@ -196,6 +222,7 @@ describe("Auth profile runtime contract - Codex app-server adapter", () => {
   let tmpDir: string;
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
+    resetCodexTestBindingStore();
     vi.useRealTimers();
     tmpDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-codex-auth-contract-"));
   });
@@ -231,6 +258,7 @@ describe("Auth profile runtime contract - Codex app-server adapter", () => {
   it("reuses a bound OpenAI Codex auth profile when resume params omit authProfileId", async () => {
     const harness = createCodexAuthProfileHarness({ startMethod: "thread/resume" });
     const sessionFile = path.join(tmpDir, "session.jsonl");
+    const params = createParams(sessionFile, tmpDir);
     await writeCodexAppServerBinding(sessionFile, {
       threadId: "thread-auth-contract",
       cwd: tmpDir,
@@ -238,7 +266,6 @@ describe("Auth profile runtime contract - Codex app-server adapter", () => {
       dynamicToolsFingerprint: "[]",
     });
     // authProfileId is intentionally omitted to exercise the resume-bound profile path.
-    const params = createParams(sessionFile, tmpDir);
 
     const run = runCodexAppServerAttempt(params);
     await vi.waitFor(
@@ -256,13 +283,13 @@ describe("Auth profile runtime contract - Codex app-server adapter", () => {
   it("prefers an explicit runtime auth profile over a stale persisted binding", async () => {
     const harness = createCodexAuthProfileHarness({ startMethod: "thread/resume" });
     const sessionFile = path.join(tmpDir, "session.jsonl");
+    const params = createParams(sessionFile, tmpDir);
     await writeCodexAppServerBinding(sessionFile, {
       threadId: "thread-auth-contract",
       cwd: tmpDir,
       authProfileId: "openai:stale",
       dynamicToolsFingerprint: "[]",
     });
-    const params = createParams(sessionFile, tmpDir);
     params.authProfileId = AUTH_PROFILE_RUNTIME_CONTRACT.openAiCodexProfileId;
 
     const run = runCodexAppServerAttempt(params);

extensions/codex/src/app-server/bounded-turn.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import type { OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-contracts";
 import { resolveTimerTimeoutMs } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/number-runtime";
 import { resolvePreferredOpenClawTmpDir, withTempWorkspace } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/temp-path";
 import { readCodexNotificationItem } from "./attempt-notifications.js";
-import type { CodexAppServerClientFactory } from "./client-factory.js";
 import type { CodexAppServerClient } from "./client.js";
 import { resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions } from "./config.js";
 import { readModelListResult } from "./models.js";
@@ -27,6 +26,10 @@ import {
   type JsonObject,
   type JsonValue,
 } from "./protocol.js";
+import type {
+  CodexAppServerClientLease,
+  CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory,
+} from "./shared-client.js";
 import { buildCodexRuntimeThreadConfig } from "./thread-lifecycle.js";
 
 const CODEX_PRIVATE_STDIO_ARGS = ["app-server", "--listen", "stdio://"];
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ const CODEX_PRIVATE_BOUNDED_THREAD_CONFIG: JsonObject = {
 
 export type CodexBoundedTurnOptions = {
   pluginConfig?: unknown;
-  clientFactory?: CodexAppServerClientFactory;
+  clientFactory?: CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory;
 };
 
 export type CodexBoundedTurnResult = {
@@ -118,11 +121,17 @@ async function runBoundedCodexAppServerTurnInWorkspace(
   const startOptions = workspace.codexHome
     ? buildPrivateCodexAppServerStartOptions(appServer.start, workspace.codexHome)
     : appServer.start;
-  const ownsClient = !params.options.clientFactory;
+  let lease: CodexAppServerClientLease | undefined;
   const client = params.options.clientFactory
-    ? await params.options.clientFactory(startOptions, params.profile, agentDir, params.config, {
+    ? ((lease = await params.options.clientFactory({
+        startOptions,
         timeoutMs,
-      })
+        authProfileId: params.profile,
+        agentDir,
+        authProfileStore: params.authProfileStore,
+        config: params.config,
+      })),
+      lease.client)
     : await import("./shared-client.js").then(({ createIsolatedCodexAppServerClient }) =>
         createIsolatedCodexAppServerClient({
           startOptions,
@@ -208,7 +217,9 @@ async function runBoundedCodexAppServerTurnInWorkspace(
   } finally {
     clearTimeout(timeout);
     params.signal?.removeEventListener("abort", abortFromCaller);
-    if (ownsClient) {
+    if (lease) {
+      lease.release();
+    } else {
       client.close();
     }
   }

extensions/codex/src/app-server/client-factory.ts

@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Lazy factories for shared and leased Codex app-server clients.
- */
-import type { resolveCodexAppServerAuthProfileIdForAgent } from "./auth-bridge.js";
-import type { CodexAppServerClient } from "./client.js";
-import type { CodexAppServerStartOptions } from "./config.js";
-
-type AuthProfileOrderConfig = Parameters<
-  typeof resolveCodexAppServerAuthProfileIdForAgent
->[0]["config"];
-
-/** Factory signature used by Codex attempt startup to acquire a client. */
-export type CodexAppServerClientFactory = (
-  startOptions?: CodexAppServerStartOptions,
-  authProfileId?: string,
-  agentDir?: string,
-  config?: AuthProfileOrderConfig,
-  options?: {
-    onStartedClient?: (client: CodexAppServerClient) => void;
-    abandonSignal?: AbortSignal;
-    timeoutMs?: number;
-  },
-) => Promise<CodexAppServerClient>;
-
-let sharedClientModulePromise: Promise<typeof import("./shared-client.js")> | null = null;
-
-const loadSharedClientModule = async () => {
-  sharedClientModulePromise ??= import("./shared-client.js");
-  return await sharedClientModulePromise;
-};
-
-/** Returns a leased shared client so startup can release ownership explicitly. */
-export const defaultLeasedCodexAppServerClientFactory: CodexAppServerClientFactory = (
-  startOptions,
-  authProfileId,
-  agentDir,
-  config,
-  options,
-) =>
-  loadSharedClientModule().then(({ getLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient }) =>
-    getLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient({
-      startOptions,
-      authProfileId,
-      agentDir,
-      config,
-      onStartedClient: options?.onStartedClient,
-      abandonSignal: options?.abandonSignal,
-      timeoutMs: options?.timeoutMs,
-    }),
-  );

extensions/codex/src/app-server/client-runtime.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { CodexAppServerClient } from "./client.js";
+import { createClientHarness } from "./test-support.js";
+
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  refreshAuth: vi.fn(async () => ({ accessToken: "refreshed", chatgptAccountId: "account" })),
+  mergeRateLimitUpdate: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./auth-bridge.js", () => ({
+  refreshCodexAppServerAuthTokens: mocks.refreshAuth,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./rate-limit-cache.js", () => ({
+  mergeCodexRateLimitsUpdate: mocks.mergeRateLimitUpdate,
+}));
+
+const { ensureCodexAppServerClientRuntime } = await import("./client-runtime.js");
+
+describe("Codex app-server client runtime", () => {
+  const clients: CodexAppServerClient[] = [];
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    for (const client of clients) {
+      client.close();
+    }
+    clients.length = 0;
+    mocks.refreshAuth.mockClear();
+    mocks.mergeRateLimitUpdate.mockClear();
+  });
+
+  it("installs shared handlers once per physical client", async () => {
+    const harness = createClientHarness();
+    clients.push(harness.client);
+    const context = {
+      agentDir: "/tmp/agent",
+      authProfileId: "openai:default",
+      config: {},
+    };
+    const updatedContext = {
+      ...context,
+      authProfileStore: { version: 1 as const, profiles: {} },
+      config: { models: { mode: "merge" as const } },
+    };
+    const addNotificationHandler = vi.spyOn(harness.client, "addNotificationHandler");
+    const addRequestHandler = vi.spyOn(harness.client, "addRequestHandler");
+    const addCloseHandler = vi.spyOn(harness.client, "addCloseHandler");
+
+    ensureCodexAppServerClientRuntime(harness.client, context);
+    ensureCodexAppServerClientRuntime(harness.client, updatedContext);
+
+    expect(addNotificationHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(addRequestHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(addCloseHandler).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    harness.send({
+      method: "account/rateLimits/updated",
+      params: { rateLimits: { primary: { usedPercent: 12 } } },
+    });
+    harness.send({
+      id: "refresh-1",
+      method: "account/chatgptAuthTokens/refresh",
+      params: { reason: "expired" },
+    });
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(mocks.mergeRateLimitUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(mocks.refreshAuth).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+    expect(mocks.refreshAuth).toHaveBeenCalledWith(updatedContext);
+    expect(mocks.mergeRateLimitUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(harness.client, {
+      rateLimits: { primary: { usedPercent: 12 } },
+    });
+    await vi.waitFor(() =>
+      expect(harness.writes.map((line) => JSON.parse(line) as unknown)).toContainEqual({
+        id: "refresh-1",
+        result: { accessToken: "refreshed", chatgptAccountId: "account" },
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+});

extensions/codex/src/app-server/client-runtime.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/** Client-scoped Codex auth and account observers. */
+import { refreshCodexAppServerAuthTokens } from "./auth-bridge.js";
+import type { CodexAppServerClient } from "./client.js";
+import type { JsonValue } from "./protocol.js";
+import { mergeCodexRateLimitsUpdate } from "./rate-limit-cache.js";
+import type { CodexAppServerAuthProfileLookup } from "./session-binding.js";
+
+type ClientRuntimeContext = Omit<CodexAppServerAuthProfileLookup, "agentDir"> & {
+  agentDir: string;
+};
+
+type ClientRuntime = {
+  context: ClientRuntimeContext;
+};
+
+const configuredClients = new WeakMap<CodexAppServerClient, ClientRuntime>();
+
+/** Installs one auth-refresh handler and one rate-limit observer per physical client. */
+export function ensureCodexAppServerClientRuntime(
+  client: CodexAppServerClient,
+  context: ClientRuntimeContext,
+): void {
+  const existing = configuredClients.get(client);
+  if (existing) {
+    // Shared-client keys already isolate agent/auth identity. Keep config fresh
+    // without installing another physical-client handler set.
+    existing.context = context;
+    return;
+  }
+  const runtime: ClientRuntime = { context };
+  configuredClients.set(client, runtime);
+  client.addRequestHandler(async (request) => {
+    if (request.method !== "account/chatgptAuthTokens/refresh") {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return (await refreshCodexAppServerAuthTokens({
+      agentDir: runtime.context.agentDir,
+      authProfileId: runtime.context.authProfileId,
+      ...(runtime.context.authProfileStore
+        ? { authProfileStore: runtime.context.authProfileStore }
+        : {}),
+      config: runtime.context.config,
+    })) as unknown as JsonValue;
+  });
+  client.addNotificationHandler((notification) => {
+    if (notification.method === "account/rateLimits/updated") {
+      mergeCodexRateLimitsUpdate(client, notification.params);
+    }
+  });
+}

extensions/codex/src/app-server/client.test.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,78 @@ describe("CodexAppServerClient", () => {
     expect(outbound.method).toBe("model/list");
   });
 
+  it("keeps a shared thread subscribed until every local owner releases it", async () => {
+    const harness = createClientHarness();
+    clients.push(harness.client);
+
+    const firstResume = harness.client.request("thread/resume", { threadId: "thread-1" });
+    const secondResume = harness.client.request("thread/resume", { threadId: "thread-1" });
+    const [firstRequest, secondRequest] = harness.writes.map((line) => JSON.parse(line)) as Array<{
+      id: number;
+    }>;
+    const resumeResult = {
+      thread: { id: "thread-1", cwd: "/tmp", status: { type: "idle" } },
+      model: "gpt-5.5",
+    };
+    harness.send({ id: firstRequest?.id, result: resumeResult });
+    harness.send({ id: secondRequest?.id, result: resumeResult });
+    await Promise.all([firstResume, secondResume]);
+
+    await expect(
+      harness.client.request("thread/unsubscribe", { threadId: "thread-1" }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ status: "unsubscribed" });
+    expect(harness.writes).toHaveLength(2);
+
+    const finalRelease = harness.client.request("thread/unsubscribe", {
+      threadId: "thread-1",
+    });
+    const releaseRequest = JSON.parse(harness.writes[2] ?? "{}") as { id?: number };
+    harness.send({ id: releaseRequest.id, result: { status: "unsubscribed" } });
+    await expect(finalRelease).resolves.toEqual({ status: "unsubscribed" });
+    expect(harness.writes).toHaveLength(3);
+  });
+
+  it("pairs written resume failures without retaining pre-aborted requests", async () => {
+    const harness = createClientHarness();
+    clients.push(harness.client);
+
+    const firstResume = harness.client.request("thread/resume", { threadId: "thread-1" });
+    const firstRequest = JSON.parse(harness.writes[0] ?? "{}") as { id?: number };
+    harness.send({
+      id: firstRequest.id,
+      result: {
+        thread: { id: "thread-1", cwd: "/tmp", status: { type: "idle" } },
+        model: "gpt-5.5",
+      },
+    });
+    await firstResume;
+
+    const failedResume = harness.client.request("thread/resume", { threadId: "thread-1" });
+    const failedRequest = JSON.parse(harness.writes[1] ?? "{}") as { id?: number };
+    harness.send({ id: failedRequest.id, error: { code: -32000, message: "resume failed" } });
+    await expect(failedResume).rejects.toThrow("resume failed");
+
+    await expect(
+      harness.client.request("thread/unsubscribe", { threadId: "thread-1" }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ status: "unsubscribed" });
+    expect(harness.writes).toHaveLength(2);
+
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    controller.abort();
+    await expect(
+      harness.client.request(
+        "thread/resume",
+        { threadId: "thread-1" },
+        { signal: controller.signal },
+      ),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("thread/resume aborted");
+    const unsubscribe = harness.client.request("thread/unsubscribe", { threadId: "thread-1" });
+    expect(harness.writes).toHaveLength(3);
+    const unsubscribeRequest = JSON.parse(harness.writes[2] ?? "{}") as { id?: number };
+    harness.send({ id: unsubscribeRequest.id, result: { status: "unsubscribed" } });
+    await expect(unsubscribe).resolves.toEqual({ status: "unsubscribed" });
+  });
+
   it("removes unpaired surrogate code units from outbound JSON-RPC strings", async () => {
     const harness = createClientHarness();
     clients.push(harness.client);
@@ -70,9 +142,9 @@ describe("CodexAppServerClient", () => {
     expect(outbound.params?.nested).toEqual(["lowend", "emoji 🙈 ok"]);
     harness.send({
       id: JSON.parse(harness.writes[0] ?? "{}").id,
-      result: { threadId: "thread-1" },
+      result: { thread: { id: "thread-1" } },
     });
-    await expect(request).resolves.toEqual({ threadId: "thread-1" });
+    await expect(request).resolves.toEqual({ thread: { id: "thread-1" } });
   });
 
   it("logs a redacted preview for malformed app-server messages", async () => {
@@ -140,6 +212,30 @@ describe("CodexAppServerClient", () => {
     expect(warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("contains synchronous notification handler failures and continues fanout", async () => {
+    const warn = vi.spyOn(embeddedAgentLog, "warn").mockImplementation(() => undefined);
+    const harness = createClientHarness();
+    clients.push(harness.client);
+    const laterHandler = vi.fn();
+    harness.client.addNotificationHandler(() => {
+      throw new Error("handler exploded");
+    });
+    harness.client.addNotificationHandler(laterHandler);
+
+    expect(() =>
+      harness.send({
+        method: "item/commandExecution/outputDelta",
+        params: { delta: "still routed" },
+      }),
+    ).not.toThrow();
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(laterHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+    expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "codex app-server notification handler failed",
+      expect.objectContaining({ error: expect.any(Error) }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("preserves JSON-RPC error codes", async () => {
     const harness = createClientHarness();
     clients.push(harness.client);
@@ -220,6 +316,95 @@ describe("CodexAppServerClient", () => {
     expect(harness.writes).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    {
+      method: "thread/start" as const,
+      params: {},
+      abandonment: "timeout" as const,
+      expectedError: "thread/start timed out",
+    },
+    {
+      method: "thread/fork" as const,
+      params: { threadId: "parent-thread" },
+      abandonment: "abort" as const,
+      expectedError: "thread/fork aborted",
+    },
+  ])("unsubscribes a late successful $method after local $abandonment", async (testCase) => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    const harness = createClientHarness();
+    clients.push(harness.client);
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const options =
+      testCase.abandonment === "timeout" ? { timeoutMs: 1 } : { signal: controller.signal };
+    const request = harness.client.request(testCase.method, testCase.params, options);
+    const outbound = JSON.parse(harness.writes[0] ?? "{}") as { id?: number };
+    const rejected = expect(request).rejects.toThrow(testCase.expectedError);
+
+    if (testCase.abandonment === "timeout") {
+      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(100);
+    } else {
+      controller.abort();
+    }
+    await rejected;
+
+    harness.send({ id: outbound.id, result: { thread: { id: "late-thread" } } });
+    expect(JSON.parse(harness.writes[1] ?? "{}")).toEqual({
+      id: expect.any(Number),
+      method: "thread/unsubscribe",
+      params: { threadId: "late-thread" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("closes when a late thread creation subscription cannot be released", async () => {
+    const harness = createClientHarness();
+    clients.push(harness.client);
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const request = harness.client.request("thread/start", {}, { signal: controller.signal });
+    const outbound = JSON.parse(harness.writes[0] ?? "{}") as { id?: number };
+    const rejected = expect(request).rejects.toThrow("thread/start aborted");
+
+    controller.abort();
+    await rejected;
+    harness.send({ id: outbound.id, result: { thread: { id: "late-thread" } } });
+    const unsubscribe = JSON.parse(harness.writes[1] ?? "{}") as { id?: number };
+    harness.send({
+      id: unsubscribe.id,
+      error: { code: -32_000, message: "unsubscribe failed" },
+    });
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(harness.stdinDestroyed).toBe(true));
+  });
+
+  it("does not unsubscribe a late rejected thread creation", async () => {
+    const harness = createClientHarness();
+    clients.push(harness.client);
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const request = harness.client.request("thread/start", {}, { signal: controller.signal });
+    const outbound = JSON.parse(harness.writes[0] ?? "{}") as { id?: number };
+    const rejected = expect(request).rejects.toThrow("thread/start aborted");
+
+    controller.abort();
+    await rejected;
+    harness.send({ id: outbound.id, error: { code: -32000, message: "start failed" } });
+
+    expect(harness.writes).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("closes after the bounded late-creation cleanup ledger fills", async () => {
+    const harness = createClientHarness();
+    clients.push(harness.client);
+
+    for (let index = 0; index < 129; index += 1) {
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      const request = harness.client.request("thread/start", {}, { signal: controller.signal });
+      const rejected = expect(request).rejects.toThrow("thread/start aborted");
+      controller.abort();
+      await rejected;
+    }
+
+    expect(harness.stdinDestroyed).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("initializes with the required client version", async () => {
     const { harness, initializing, outbound } = startInitialize();
     harness.send({
@@ -516,6 +701,26 @@ describe("CodexAppServerClient", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it.each(["execCommandApproval", "applyPatchApproval"])(
+    "fails closed for unhandled legacy %s requests",
+    async (method) => {
+      const harness = createClientHarness();
+      clients.push(harness.client);
+
+      harness.send({
+        id: "legacy-approval-1",
+        method,
+        params: { conversationId: "thread-1" },
+      });
+      await vi.waitFor(() => expect(harness.writes.length).toBe(1));
+
+      expect(JSON.parse(harness.writes[0] ?? "{}")).toEqual({
+        id: "legacy-approval-1",
+        result: { decision: "denied" },
+      });
+    },
+  );
+
   it("fails closed for unhandled native app-server approvals", async () => {
     const harness = createClientHarness();
     clients.push(harness.client);
@@ -533,6 +738,41 @@ describe("CodexAppServerClient", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    [
+      "item/tool/call",
+      {
+        contentItems: [
+          {
+            type: "inputText",
+            text: "OpenClaw did not register a handler for this app-server tool call.",
+          },
+        ],
+        success: false,
+      },
+    ],
+    ["item/permissions/requestApproval", { permissions: {}, scope: "turn" }],
+    ["mcpServer/elicitation/request", { action: "decline" }],
+    [
+      "item/future/requestApproval",
+      {
+        decision: "decline",
+        reason: "OpenClaw codex app-server bridge does not grant unknown native approvals.",
+      },
+    ],
+  ])("fails closed for an unhandled %s request", async (method, expected) => {
+    const harness = createClientHarness();
+    clients.push(harness.client);
+
+    harness.send({ id: "unhandled-1", method, params: { threadId: "thread-1" } });
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(harness.writes.length).toBe(1));
+
+    expect(JSON.parse(harness.writes[0] ?? "{}")).toEqual({
+      id: "unhandled-1",
+      result: expected,
+    });
+  });
+
   it("only treats known Codex app-server approval methods as approvals", () => {
     expect(isCodexAppServerApprovalRequest("item/commandExecution/requestApproval")).toBe(true);
     expect(isCodexAppServerApprovalRequest("item/fileChange/requestApproval")).toBe(true);

extensions/codex/src/app-server/client.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   type CodexInitializeParams,
   type CodexInitializeResponse,
   isRpcResponse,
+  readCodexThreadCreationResponseId,
   type CodexServerNotification,
   type JsonValue,
   type RpcMessage,
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ const CODEX_APP_SERVER_PARSE_BUFFER_MAX = 1_000_000;
 const CODEX_APP_SERVER_PARSE_BUFFER_MAX_LINES = 1_000;
 const CODEX_DYNAMIC_TOOL_SERVER_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 600_000;
 const CODEX_APP_SERVER_STDERR_TAIL_MAX = 2_000;
+const CODEX_APP_SERVER_ABANDONED_THREAD_CREATION_MAX = 128;
+const CODEX_APP_SERVER_LATE_THREAD_CLEANUP_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
 const UNPAIRED_SURROGATE_RE =
   /[\uD800-\uDBFF](?![\uDC00-\uDFFF])|(?<![\uD800-\uDBFF])[\uDC00-\uDFFF]/g;
 
@@ -120,7 +123,10 @@ export class CodexAppServerClient {
   private readonly requestHandlers = new Set<CodexServerRequestHandler>();
   private readonly notificationHandlers = new Set<CodexServerNotificationHandler>();
   private readonly closeHandlers = new Set<(client: CodexAppServerClient) => void>();
-  private activeSharedLeaseCountProvider: (() => number | undefined) | undefined;
+  private readonly threadSubscriptionOwners = new Map<string, number>();
+  // Codex may finish a locally abandoned create request. Remember its RPC id
+  // until response/close so the unknown thread subscription can be released.
+  private readonly abandonedThreadCreationRequestIds = new Set<number | string>();
   private nextId = 1;
   private initialized = false;
   private closed = false;
@@ -241,11 +247,27 @@ export class CodexAppServerClient {
     if (options.signal?.aborted) {
       return Promise.reject(new Error(`${method} aborted`));
     }
+    const requestedThreadId = readRequestThreadId(params);
+    if (
+      method === "thread/unsubscribe" &&
+      requestedThreadId &&
+      this.releaseThreadSubscriptionOwner(requestedThreadId)
+    ) {
+      // Codex subscriptions are connection-wide sets. A logical owner can
+      // release without silencing another turn on the same physical client.
+      return Promise.resolve({ status: "unsubscribed" } as unknown as T);
+    }
+    if (method === "thread/resume" && requestedThreadId) {
+      // Every resume attempt owns one release, even if the response times out
+      // or aborts: Codex may have subscribed before OpenClaw saw the outcome.
+      this.retainThreadSubscriptionOwner(requestedThreadId);
+    }
     const id = this.nextId++;
     const message: RpcRequest = { id, method, params: params as JsonValue | undefined };
     return new Promise<T>((resolve, reject) => {
       let timeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
       let cleanupAbort: (() => void) | undefined;
+      let requestWritten = false;
       const cleanup = () => {
         if (timeout) {
           clearTimeout(timeout);
@@ -254,23 +276,37 @@ export class CodexAppServerClient {
         cleanupAbort?.();
         cleanupAbort = undefined;
       };
-      const rejectPending = (error: Error) => {
+      const rejectPending = (error: Error, rememberLateThreadCreation = false) => {
         if (!this.pending.has(id)) {
           return;
         }
         this.pending.delete(id);
+        if (rememberLateThreadCreation && isThreadCreationRequest(method)) {
+          if (
+            this.abandonedThreadCreationRequestIds.size >=
+            CODEX_APP_SERVER_ABANDONED_THREAD_CREATION_MAX
+          ) {
+            // Lost create responses can hide server subscriptions. Once the
+            // bounded cleanup ledger fills, closing is the only safe release.
+            this.closeWithError(
+              new Error("codex app-server abandoned thread creation limit exceeded"),
+            );
+          } else {
+            this.abandonedThreadCreationRequestIds.add(id);
+          }
+        }
         cleanup();
         reject(error);
       };
       if (options.timeoutMs && Number.isFinite(options.timeoutMs) && options.timeoutMs > 0) {
         timeout = setTimeout(
-          () => rejectPending(new Error(`${method} timed out`)),
+          () => rejectPending(new Error(`${method} timed out`), true),
           Math.max(100, options.timeoutMs),
         );
         timeout.unref?.();
       }
       if (options.signal) {
-        const abortListener = () => rejectPending(new Error(`${method} aborted`));
+        const abortListener = () => rejectPending(new Error(`${method} aborted`), requestWritten);
         options.signal.addEventListener("abort", abortListener, { once: true });
         cleanupAbort = () => options.signal?.removeEventListener("abort", abortListener);
       }
@@ -278,6 +314,12 @@ export class CodexAppServerClient {
         method,
         resolve: (value) => {
           cleanup();
+          if (method === "thread/start" || method === "thread/fork") {
+            const threadId = readCodexThreadCreationResponseId(value);
+            if (threadId) {
+              this.retainThreadSubscriptionOwner(threadId);
+            }
+          }
           resolve(value as T);
         },
         reject: (error) => {
@@ -291,6 +333,7 @@ export class CodexAppServerClient {
         return;
       }
       try {
+        requestWritten = true;
         this.writeMessage(message, (error) => rejectPending(error));
       } catch (error) {
         rejectPending(error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)));
@@ -315,18 +358,6 @@ export class CodexAppServerClient {
     return () => this.notificationHandlers.delete(handler);
   }
 
-  /** Installs a lease-count provider used to route unscoped notifications. */
-  setActiveSharedLeaseCountProviderForUnscopedNotifications(
-    provider: (() => number | undefined) | undefined,
-  ): void {
-    this.activeSharedLeaseCountProvider = provider;
-  }
-
-  /** Reads the active shared-client lease count when available. */
-  getActiveSharedLeaseCountForUnscopedNotifications(): number | undefined {
-    return this.activeSharedLeaseCountProvider?.();
-  }
-
   /** Registers a close handler and returns its disposer. */
   addCloseHandler(handler: (client: CodexAppServerClient) => void): () => void {
     this.closeHandlers.add(handler);
@@ -445,6 +476,15 @@ export class CodexAppServerClient {
   }
 
   private handleResponse(response: RpcResponse): void {
+    if (this.abandonedThreadCreationRequestIds.delete(response.id)) {
+      if (!response.error) {
+        const threadId = readCodexThreadCreationResponseId(response.result);
+        if (threadId) {
+          this.unsubscribeLateThreadCreation(threadId);
+        }
+      }
+      return;
+    }
     const pending = this.pending.get(response.id);
     if (!pending) {
       return;
@@ -522,7 +562,14 @@ export class CodexAppServerClient {
 
   private handleNotification(notification: CodexServerNotification): void {
     for (const handler of this.notificationHandlers) {
-      Promise.resolve(handler(notification)).catch((error: unknown) => {
+      let result: Promise<void> | void;
+      try {
+        result = handler(notification);
+      } catch (error) {
+        embeddedAgentLog.warn("codex app-server notification handler failed", { error });
+        continue;
+      }
+      Promise.resolve(result).catch((error: unknown) => {
         embeddedAgentLog.warn("codex app-server notification handler failed", { error });
       });
     }
@@ -540,11 +587,54 @@ export class CodexAppServerClient {
     }
     this.closed = true;
     this.closeError = error;
+    this.threadSubscriptionOwners.clear();
+    this.abandonedThreadCreationRequestIds.clear();
     this.lines.close();
     this.rejectPendingRequests(error);
     return true;
   }
 
+  private unsubscribeLateThreadCreation(threadId: string): void {
+    // This late response never registered a local owner. Track the wire
+    // release anyway; an unconfirmed cleanup makes this client unsafe to pool.
+    void this.request(
+      "thread/unsubscribe",
+      { threadId },
+      { timeoutMs: CODEX_APP_SERVER_LATE_THREAD_CLEANUP_TIMEOUT_MS },
+    ).catch((error: unknown) => {
+      embeddedAgentLog.debug("codex app-server late thread unsubscribe failed", {
+        threadId,
+        error,
+      });
+      this.closeWithError(
+        new Error(`Codex late thread subscription could not be released: ${threadId}`, {
+          cause: error,
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
+  private retainThreadSubscriptionOwner(threadId: string): void {
+    this.threadSubscriptionOwners.set(
+      threadId,
+      (this.threadSubscriptionOwners.get(threadId) ?? 0) + 1,
+    );
+  }
+
+  /** Returns true when another local owner still needs the wire subscription. */
+  private releaseThreadSubscriptionOwner(threadId: string): boolean {
+    const owners = this.threadSubscriptionOwners.get(threadId);
+    if (owners === undefined) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (owners > 1) {
+      this.threadSubscriptionOwners.set(threadId, owners - 1);
+      return true;
+    }
+    this.threadSubscriptionOwners.delete(threadId);
+    return false;
+  }
+
   private rejectPendingRequests(error: Error): void {
     for (const pending of this.pending.values()) {
       pending.cleanup();
@@ -557,6 +647,17 @@ export class CodexAppServerClient {
   }
 }
 
+function readRequestThreadId(value: unknown): string | undefined {
+  if (!isJsonObject(value) || typeof value.threadId !== "string") {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return value.threadId.trim() || undefined;
+}
+
+function isThreadCreationRequest(method: string): boolean {
+  return method === "thread/start" || method === "thread/fork";
+}
+
 function defaultServerRequestResponse(
   request: Required<Pick<RpcRequest, "id" | "method">> & { params?: JsonValue },
 ): JsonValue {
@@ -571,6 +672,9 @@ function defaultServerRequestResponse(
       success: false,
     };
   }
+  if (request.method === "execCommandApproval" || request.method === "applyPatchApproval") {
+    return { decision: "denied" };
+  }
   if (
     request.method === "item/commandExecution/requestApproval" ||
     request.method === "item/fileChange/requestApproval"
@@ -586,6 +690,12 @@ function defaultServerRequestResponse(
       reason: "OpenClaw codex app-server bridge does not grant native approvals yet.",
     };
   }
+  if (request.method.includes("requestApproval")) {
+    return {
+      decision: "decline",
+      reason: "OpenClaw codex app-server bridge does not grant unknown native approvals.",
+    };
+  }
   if (request.method === "item/tool/requestUserInput") {
     return {
       answers: {},

extensions/codex/src/app-server/compact.ts

@@ -7,145 +7,396 @@ import {
   type EmbeddedAgentCompactResult,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-harness-runtime";
 import {
-  defaultLeasedCodexAppServerClientFactory,
-  type CodexAppServerClientFactory,
-} from "./client-factory.js";
+  CODEX_APP_SERVER_UNSUBSCRIBE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  isCodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError,
+  settleCodexAppServerClientLease,
+} from "./attempt-client-cleanup.js";
+import { readCodexNotificationItem } from "./attempt-notifications.js";
+import { resolveCodexTurnTerminalIdleTimeoutMs } from "./attempt-timeouts.js";
+import { CodexAppServerRpcError } from "./client.js";
 import { resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions } from "./config.js";
-import type { JsonObject } from "./protocol.js";
+import { isJsonObject, type JsonObject, type JsonValue } from "./protocol.js";
 import { resolveCodexNativeExecutionBlock } from "./sandbox-guard.js";
 import {
   CODEX_APP_SERVER_BINDING_GUARDED_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
-  readCodexAppServerBinding,
-  withCodexAppServerBindingLock,
-  writeCodexAppServerBinding,
+  sessionBindingIdentity,
+  type CodexAppServerBindingIdentity,
+  type CodexAppServerBindingStore,
   type CodexAppServerThreadBinding,
 } from "./session-binding.js";
-import { releaseLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient } from "./shared-client.js";
+import {
+  leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient,
+  type CodexAppServerClientLease,
+  type CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory,
+  type CodexAppServerClientOptions,
+} from "./shared-client.js";
+import { resumeCodexAppServerThread } from "./thread-resume.js";
+import { withTimeout } from "./timeout.js";
+import {
+  getCodexAppServerTurnRouter,
+  isCodexTerminalTurnNotification,
+  type CodexNativeTurnCompletionWatch,
+  type CodexThreadRouteReservation,
+} from "./turn-router.js";
 
-const warnedIgnoredCompactionOverrides = new Set<string>();
 type CodexAppServerCompactOptions = {
+  bindingStore: CodexAppServerBindingStore;
   pluginConfig?: unknown;
-  clientFactory?: CodexAppServerClientFactory;
+  clientLeaseFactory?: CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory;
   allowNonManualNativeRequest?: boolean;
 };
 
+class CodexNativeTurnBindingChangedError extends Error {}
+
+type CodexNativeTurnRequest = {
+  bindingStore: CodexAppServerBindingStore;
+  bindingIdentity: CodexAppServerBindingIdentity;
+  expectedBinding: CodexAppServerThreadBinding;
+  pluginConfig?: unknown;
+  authProfileId?: string;
+  agentDir?: string;
+  config?: CodexAppServerClientOptions["config"];
+  abortSignal?: AbortSignal;
+  clientLeaseFactory?: CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory;
+};
+
+export type CodexNativeTurnKind = "compact" | "review";
+
+/** Starts one native Codex turn and retains its app-server owner through completion. */
+export async function requestCodexNativeTurnForBinding(
+  params: CodexNativeTurnRequest,
+  kind: CodexNativeTurnKind,
+): Promise<void> {
+  const isCompaction = kind === "compact";
+  const label = isCompaction ? "compaction" : "review";
+  const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({ pluginConfig: params.pluginConfig });
+  const requestTimeoutMs = Math.min(
+    appServer.requestTimeoutMs,
+    CODEX_APP_SERVER_BINDING_GUARDED_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  );
+  await params.bindingStore.withLease(params.bindingIdentity, async () => {
+    const currentBinding = await params.bindingStore.read(params.bindingIdentity);
+    if (!currentBinding || !isSameNativeTurnBinding(currentBinding, params.expectedBinding)) {
+      throw new CodexNativeTurnBindingChangedError(
+        `Codex thread binding changed before native ${label}`,
+      );
+    }
+    const clientLease = await (params.clientLeaseFactory ?? leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient)({
+      startOptions: appServer.start,
+      authProfileId: params.authProfileId ?? currentBinding.authProfileId,
+      agentDir: params.agentDir,
+      config: params.config,
+      abandonSignal: params.abortSignal,
+      timeoutMs: appServer.requestTimeoutMs,
+    });
+    const client = clientLease.client;
+    let subscribedThreadId: string | undefined;
+    let abandonClient = false;
+    let lifecycleTransferred = false;
+    let awaitingNativeTurnStart = false;
+    const terminalTurnsBeforeWatch = new Set<string>();
+    let route: CodexThreadRouteReservation | undefined;
+    let completionWatch: CodexNativeTurnCompletionWatch | undefined;
+    let observedContextCompaction = false;
+    let bindingInvalidated = false;
+    let resolveNativeTurnStarted!: () => void;
+    const nativeTurnStarted = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      resolveNativeTurnStarted = resolve;
+    });
+    try {
+      const router = getCodexAppServerTurnRouter(client);
+      route = router.reserveThread({
+        threadId: currentBinding.threadId,
+        onNotificationReceived: (notification, scope) => {
+          const contextCompactionStarted =
+            isCompaction &&
+            Boolean(scope.turnId) &&
+            notification.method === "item/started" &&
+            readCodexNotificationItem(notification.params)?.type === "contextCompaction";
+          if (contextCompactionStarted) {
+            observedContextCompaction = true;
+          }
+          if (!awaitingNativeTurnStart || !scope.turnId) {
+            return;
+          }
+          if (isCodexTerminalTurnNotification(notification)) {
+            terminalTurnsBeforeWatch.add(scope.turnId);
+          }
+          if (contextCompactionStarted) {
+            completionWatch ??= router.watchNativeTurnCompletion({
+              threadId: currentBinding.threadId,
+              turnId: scope.turnId,
+              timeoutMs: resolveCodexTurnTerminalIdleTimeoutMs(undefined),
+            });
+            resolveNativeTurnStarted();
+          }
+        },
+        onNotification: () => undefined,
+      });
+      throwIfCodexNativeTurnAborted(params.abortSignal, kind);
+      let resumed;
+      try {
+        subscribedThreadId = currentBinding.threadId;
+        resumed = await resumeCodexAppServerThread({
+          client,
+          abandonClient: clientLease.abandon,
+          request: {
+            threadId: currentBinding.threadId,
+            excludeTurns: true,
+            persistExtendedHistory: true,
+          },
+          timeoutMs: requestTimeoutMs,
+          signal: params.abortSignal,
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        abandonClient = isCodexAppServerUnsafeSubscriptionError(error);
+        throw error;
+      }
+      const invalidateNativeContextBinding = async () => {
+        if (bindingInvalidated) {
+          return;
+        }
+        const invalidated = await params.bindingStore.mutate(params.bindingIdentity, {
+          kind: "invalidate-native-context",
+          threadId: currentBinding.threadId,
+          ...(isCompaction ? { invalidateContextEngineProjection: true as const } : {}),
+        });
+        if (!invalidated) {
+          throw new CodexNativeTurnBindingChangedError(
+            `Codex thread binding changed before native ${label}`,
+          );
+        }
+        bindingInvalidated = true;
+      };
+      if (isCompaction && observedContextCompaction) {
+        await invalidateNativeContextBinding();
+      }
+      if (resumed.thread.status?.type === "active") {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Codex thread already has an active turn; retry ${label} after it finishes`,
+        );
+      }
+      throwIfCodexNativeTurnAborted(params.abortSignal, kind);
+      await invalidateNativeContextBinding();
+      awaitingNativeTurnStart = true;
+      let requestResult: JsonValue | undefined;
+      try {
+        requestResult = await client.request(
+          isCompaction ? "thread/compact/start" : "review/start",
+          isCompaction
+            ? { threadId: currentBinding.threadId }
+            : { threadId: currentBinding.threadId, target: { type: "uncommittedChanges" } },
+          { timeoutMs: requestTimeoutMs },
+        );
+      } catch (error) {
+        const requestRejected = error instanceof CodexAppServerRpcError;
+        if (requestRejected) {
+          // A structured rejection proves this request did not start a native
+          // turn. Preserve only compaction already observed on the same thread.
+          completionWatch?.cancel();
+          completionWatch = undefined;
+          if (!isCompaction || !observedContextCompaction) {
+            const restored = await params.bindingStore.mutate(params.bindingIdentity, {
+              kind: "set",
+              binding: currentBinding,
+            });
+            if (!restored) {
+              throw new Error(`Codex thread binding changed after native ${label} was rejected`, {
+                cause: error,
+              });
+            }
+          }
+          throw error;
+        }
+        if (completionWatch) {
+          embeddedAgentLog.debug(`codex app-server ${kind} request failed after startup`, {
+            threadId: currentBinding.threadId,
+            error,
+          });
+        } else {
+          abandonClient = true;
+          throw error;
+        }
+      }
+      if (!isCompaction) {
+        try {
+          const review = assertCodexReviewStartResponse(requestResult);
+          if (review.reviewThreadId !== currentBinding.threadId) {
+            throw new Error(
+              `Codex review/start returned ${review.reviewThreadId} for inline review on ${currentBinding.threadId}`,
+            );
+          }
+          completionWatch = terminalTurnsBeforeWatch.has(review.turnId)
+            ? { completion: Promise.resolve(true), cancel: () => undefined }
+            : router.watchNativeTurnCompletion({
+                threadId: currentBinding.threadId,
+                turnId: review.turnId,
+                timeoutMs: resolveCodexTurnTerminalIdleTimeoutMs(undefined),
+              });
+        } catch (error) {
+          abandonClient = true;
+          throw error;
+        }
+      } else if (!completionWatch) {
+        try {
+          await waitForCodexNativeTurnStart({
+            started: nativeTurnStarted,
+            routeSignal: route.signal,
+            timeoutMs: requestTimeoutMs,
+            threadId: currentBinding.threadId,
+            kind,
+          });
+        } catch (error) {
+          // Codex accepted Op::Compact, so missing startup confirmation is
+          // ambiguous. Keep facts invalidated and retire this connection.
+          abandonClient = true;
+          throw error;
+        }
+      }
+      awaitingNativeTurnStart = false;
+      route.release();
+      route = undefined;
+      const transferredWatch = completionWatch;
+      if (!transferredWatch) {
+        abandonClient = true;
+        throw new Error(
+          `codex app-server ${kind} turn started without a turn id for thread ${currentBinding.threadId}`,
+        );
+      }
+      completionWatch = undefined;
+      lifecycleTransferred = true;
+      monitorCodexNativeTurn({
+        completionWatch: transferredWatch,
+        clientLease,
+        subscribedThreadId,
+        threadId: currentBinding.threadId,
+        kind,
+      });
+    } finally {
+      if (!lifecycleTransferred) {
+        completionWatch?.cancel();
+        route?.release();
+        await settleCodexAppServerClientLease(clientLease, {
+          threadId: subscribedThreadId,
+          timeoutMs: CODEX_APP_SERVER_UNSUBSCRIBE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+          abandon: abandonClient,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function assertCodexReviewStartResponse(value: JsonValue | undefined): {
+  turnId: string;
+  reviewThreadId: string;
+} {
+  if (
+    !isJsonObject(value) ||
+    !isJsonObject(value.turn) ||
+    typeof value.turn.id !== "string" ||
+    !value.turn.id.trim() ||
+    typeof value.reviewThreadId !== "string" ||
+    !value.reviewThreadId.trim()
+  ) {
+    throw new Error("invalid Codex review/start response");
+  }
+  return { turnId: value.turn.id, reviewThreadId: value.reviewThreadId };
+}
+
+function monitorCodexNativeTurn(params: {
+  completionWatch: CodexNativeTurnCompletionWatch;
+  clientLease: CodexAppServerClientLease;
+  subscribedThreadId?: string;
+  threadId: string;
+  kind: CodexNativeTurnKind;
+}): void {
+  void (async () => {
+    const completed = await params.completionWatch.completion;
+    await settleCodexAppServerClientLease(params.clientLease, {
+      threadId: params.subscribedThreadId,
+      timeoutMs: CODEX_APP_SERVER_UNSUBSCRIBE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+      abandon: !completed,
+    });
+    if (!completed) {
+      embeddedAgentLog.warn(`codex app-server ${params.kind} turn lost terminal confirmation`, {
+        threadId: params.threadId,
+      });
+    }
+  })().catch(async (error: unknown) => {
+    await params.clientLease.abandon().catch(() => undefined);
+    embeddedAgentLog.warn(`codex app-server ${params.kind} turn cleanup failed`, {
+      threadId: params.threadId,
+      error,
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function throwIfCodexNativeTurnAborted(
+  signal: AbortSignal | undefined,
+  kind: CodexNativeTurnKind,
+): void {
+  if (!signal?.aborted) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (signal.reason instanceof Error) {
+    throw signal.reason;
+  }
+  throw new Error(`codex app-server ${kind} aborted before native turn startup`, {
+    cause: signal.reason,
+  });
+}
+
+async function waitForCodexNativeTurnStart(params: {
+  started: Promise<void>;
+  routeSignal: AbortSignal;
+  timeoutMs: number;
+  threadId: string;
+  kind: CodexNativeTurnKind;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  const signal = params.routeSignal;
+  let removeAbort: (() => void) | undefined;
+  const aborted = new Promise<never>((_resolve, reject) => {
+    const onAbort = () => reject(asNativeTurnAbortError(signal));
+    signal.addEventListener("abort", onAbort, { once: true });
+    removeAbort = () => signal.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort);
+    if (signal.aborted) {
+      onAbort();
+    }
+  });
+  try {
+    await withTimeout(
+      Promise.race([params.started, aborted]),
+      params.timeoutMs,
+      `codex app-server ${params.kind} turn did not start for thread ${params.threadId}`,
+    );
+  } finally {
+    removeAbort?.();
+  }
+}
+
+function asNativeTurnAbortError(signal: AbortSignal): Error {
+  return signal.reason instanceof Error
+    ? signal.reason
+    : new Error("codex app-server native turn startup aborted", { cause: signal.reason });
+}
+
 /**
  * Starts native Codex compaction for a manually requested bound session, or
  * reports why Codex-owned automatic compaction should handle the trigger.
  */
 export async function maybeCompactCodexAppServerSession(
   params: CompactEmbeddedAgentSessionParams,
-  options: CodexAppServerCompactOptions = {},
+  options: CodexAppServerCompactOptions,
 ): Promise<EmbeddedAgentCompactResult | undefined> {
-  warnIfIgnoringOpenClawCompactionOverrides(params);
   // Codex owns automatic context-pressure compaction for Codex runtime sessions.
   // This entry point starts native Codex compaction for the bound thread and
   // returns immediately; Codex applies the compaction inside its app-server.
   return compactCodexNativeThread(params, options);
 }
 
-function warnIfIgnoringOpenClawCompactionOverrides(
-  params: CompactEmbeddedAgentSessionParams,
-): void {
-  const ignoredConfig = readIgnoredCompactionOverridePaths(params);
-  if (ignoredConfig.length === 0) {
-    return;
-  }
-  const warningKey = ignoredConfig.join("\0");
-  if (warnedIgnoredCompactionOverrides.has(warningKey)) {
-    return;
-  }
-  warnedIgnoredCompactionOverrides.add(warningKey);
-  embeddedAgentLog.warn(
-    "ignoring OpenClaw compaction overrides for Codex app-server compaction; Codex uses native server-side compaction",
-    {
-      sessionId: params.sessionId,
-      sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
-      ignoredConfig,
-    },
-  );
-}
-
-function readIgnoredCompactionOverridePaths(params: CompactEmbeddedAgentSessionParams): string[] {
-  const ignored = new Set<string>();
-  for (const entry of readCompactionOverrideEntries(params)) {
-    const localProvider =
-      typeof entry.record.provider === "string" ? entry.record.provider.trim() : "";
-    const inheritedProvider =
-      !localProvider && typeof entry.inheritedRecord?.provider === "string"
-        ? entry.inheritedRecord.provider.trim()
-        : "";
-    const providerPath = localProvider
-      ? `${entry.path}.compaction.provider`
-      : inheritedProvider && entry.inheritedPath
-        ? `${entry.inheritedPath}.compaction.provider`
-        : undefined;
-    if (typeof entry.record.model === "string" && entry.record.model.trim()) {
-      ignored.add(`${entry.path}.compaction.model`);
-    }
-    if (providerPath) {
-      ignored.add(providerPath);
-    }
-  }
-  return [...ignored];
-}
-
-function readCompactionOverrideEntries(params: CompactEmbeddedAgentSessionParams): Array<{
-  path: string;
-  record: Record<string, unknown>;
-  inheritedRecord?: Record<string, unknown>;
-  inheritedPath?: string;
-}> {
-  const entries: Array<{
-    path: string;
-    record: Record<string, unknown>;
-    inheritedRecord?: Record<string, unknown>;
-    inheritedPath?: string;
-  }> = [];
-  const defaultCompaction = readRecord(readRecord(params.config?.agents)?.defaults)?.compaction;
-  const defaultRecord = readRecord(defaultCompaction);
-  if (defaultRecord) {
-    entries.push({ path: "agents.defaults", record: defaultRecord });
-  }
-  const agentId = readAgentIdFromSessionKey(params.sessionKey ?? params.sandboxSessionKey);
-  if (!agentId) {
-    return entries;
-  }
-  const agents = Array.isArray(params.config?.agents?.list) ? params.config.agents.list : [];
-  const activeAgent = agents.find((agent) => {
-    const id = typeof agent?.id === "string" ? agent.id.trim().toLowerCase() : "";
-    return id === agentId;
-  });
-  const agentCompaction = readRecord(activeAgent)?.compaction;
-  const agentRecord = readRecord(agentCompaction);
-  if (agentRecord) {
-    entries.push({
-      path: `agents.list.${agentId}`,
-      record: agentRecord,
-      inheritedRecord: defaultRecord,
-      inheritedPath: "agents.defaults",
-    });
-  }
-  return entries;
-}
-
-function readAgentIdFromSessionKey(sessionKey: string | undefined): string | undefined {
-  const parts = sessionKey?.trim().toLowerCase().split(":").filter(Boolean) ?? [];
-  if (parts.length < 3 || parts[0] !== "agent") {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  return parts[1]?.trim() || undefined;
-}
-
-function readRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : undefined;
-}
-
 async function compactCodexNativeThread(
   params: CompactEmbeddedAgentSessionParams,
-  options: CodexAppServerCompactOptions = {},
+  options: CodexAppServerCompactOptions,
 ): Promise<EmbeddedAgentCompactResult | undefined> {
   if (params.trigger !== "manual" && !options.allowNonManualNativeRequest) {
     embeddedAgentLog.info("skipping codex app-server compaction for non-manual trigger", {
@@ -172,6 +423,7 @@ async function compactCodexNativeThread(
   }
   const nativeExecutionBlock = resolveCodexNativeExecutionBlock({
     config: params.config,
+    agentId: params.agentId,
     sessionKey: params.sandboxSessionKey ?? params.sessionKey,
     sessionId: params.sessionId,
     surface: "native compaction",
@@ -179,17 +431,20 @@ async function compactCodexNativeThread(
   if (nativeExecutionBlock) {
     return { ok: false, compacted: false, reason: nativeExecutionBlock };
   }
-  const appServer = resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions({ pluginConfig: options.pluginConfig });
-  const initialBinding = await readCodexAppServerBinding(params.sessionFile, {
+  const bindingIdentity: CodexAppServerBindingIdentity = sessionBindingIdentity({
+    sessionId: params.sessionId,
+    sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
+    agentId: params.agentId,
     config: params.config,
   });
+  const initialBinding = await options.bindingStore.read(bindingIdentity);
   if (!initialBinding?.threadId) {
     return failedCodexThreadBindingCompactionResult(params, {
       reason: "no codex app-server thread binding",
       recovery: "missing_thread_binding",
     });
   }
-  let binding = initialBinding;
+  const binding = initialBinding;
   const requestedAuthProfileId = params.authProfileId?.trim() || undefined;
   if (
     requestedAuthProfileId &&
@@ -200,85 +455,42 @@ async function compactCodexNativeThread(
     // with another profile risks operating on a different Codex account.
     return { ok: false, compacted: false, reason: "auth profile mismatch for session binding" };
   }
-  const shouldReleaseDefaultLease = !options.clientFactory;
-  const clientFactory = options.clientFactory ?? defaultLeasedCodexAppServerClientFactory;
-  const client = await clientFactory(
-    appServer.start,
-    requestedAuthProfileId ?? binding.authProfileId,
-    params.agentDir,
-    params.config,
-  );
+  if (options.allowNonManualNativeRequest && params.abortSignal?.aborted) {
+    const currentBinding = await options.bindingStore.read(bindingIdentity);
+    return skippedCodexNativeCompactionResult(params, {
+      reason: "codex app-server compaction aborted before native compaction",
+      code: "aborted_before_native_compaction",
+      expectedThreadId: binding.threadId,
+      currentThreadId: currentBinding?.threadId,
+    });
+  }
   try {
-    if (options.allowNonManualNativeRequest) {
-      const guardedResult = await withCodexAppServerBindingLock(params.sessionFile, async () => {
-        const currentBinding = await readCodexAppServerBinding(params.sessionFile, {
-          config: params.config,
-        });
-        if (params.abortSignal?.aborted) {
-          return {
-            started: false as const,
-            result: skippedCodexNativeCompactionResult(params, {
-              reason: "codex app-server compaction aborted before native compaction",
-              code: "aborted_before_native_compaction",
-              expectedThreadId: binding.threadId,
-              currentThreadId: currentBinding?.threadId,
-            }),
-          };
-        }
-        if (!currentBinding || !isSameNativeCompactionBinding(currentBinding, binding)) {
-          embeddedAgentLog.warn(
-            "skipping codex app-server compaction because the thread binding changed",
-            {
-              sessionId: params.sessionId,
-              sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
-              expectedThreadId: binding.threadId,
-              currentThreadId: currentBinding?.threadId,
-            },
-          );
-          return {
-            started: false as const,
-            result: skippedCodexNativeCompactionResult(params, {
-              reason: "codex app-server binding changed before native compaction",
-              code: "binding_changed_before_native_compaction",
-              expectedThreadId: binding.threadId,
-              currentThreadId: currentBinding?.threadId,
-            }),
-          };
-        }
-        binding = currentBinding;
-        await clearContextEngineProjectionBeforeNativeCompaction({
-          sessionId: params.sessionId,
-          sessionFile: params.sessionFile,
-          binding,
-          config: params.config,
-        });
-        await client.request(
-          "thread/compact/start",
-          {
-            threadId: binding.threadId,
-          },
-          {
-            timeoutMs: Math.min(
-              appServer.requestTimeoutMs,
-              CODEX_APP_SERVER_BINDING_GUARDED_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
-            ),
-          },
-        );
-        return { started: true as const };
-      });
-      if (!guardedResult.started) {
-        return guardedResult.result;
-      }
-    } else {
-      await client.request("thread/compact/start", {
-        threadId: binding.threadId,
-      });
-    }
+    await requestCodexNativeTurnForBinding(
+      {
+        bindingIdentity,
+        bindingStore: options.bindingStore,
+        expectedBinding: binding,
+        pluginConfig: options.pluginConfig,
+        authProfileId: requestedAuthProfileId,
+        agentDir: params.agentDir,
+        config: params.config,
+        abortSignal: params.abortSignal,
+        clientLeaseFactory: options.clientLeaseFactory,
+      },
+      "compact",
+    );
     embeddedAgentLog.info("started codex app-server compaction", {
       sessionId: params.sessionId,
       threadId: binding.threadId,
     });
   } catch (error) {
+    if (
+      options.allowNonManualNativeRequest &&
+      error instanceof CodexNativeTurnBindingChangedError
+    ) {
+      const latestBinding = await options.bindingStore.read(bindingIdentity);
+      return skippedBindingChangeResult(params, binding.threadId, latestBinding?.threadId);
+    }
     if (isCodexThreadNotFoundError(error)) {
       return failedCodexThreadBindingCompactionResult(params, {
         threadId: binding.threadId,
@@ -297,10 +509,6 @@ async function compactCodexNativeThread(
       compacted: false,
       reason: formatCompactionError(error),
     };
-  } finally {
-    if (shouldReleaseDefaultLease) {
-      releaseLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient(client);
-    }
   }
   const resultDetails: JsonObject = {
     backend: "codex-app-server",
@@ -326,6 +534,25 @@ async function compactCodexNativeThread(
   };
 }
 
+function skippedBindingChangeResult(
+  params: CompactEmbeddedAgentSessionParams,
+  expectedThreadId: string,
+  currentThreadId: string | undefined,
+): EmbeddedAgentCompactResult {
+  embeddedAgentLog.warn("skipping codex app-server compaction because the thread binding changed", {
+    sessionId: params.sessionId,
+    sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
+    expectedThreadId,
+    currentThreadId,
+  });
+  return skippedCodexNativeCompactionResult(params, {
+    reason: "codex app-server binding changed before native compaction",
+    code: "binding_changed_before_native_compaction",
+    expectedThreadId,
+    currentThreadId,
+  });
+}
+
 function skippedCodexNativeCompactionResult(
   params: CompactEmbeddedAgentSessionParams,
   skipped: {
@@ -382,39 +609,7 @@ function failedCodexThreadBindingCompactionResult(
   };
 }
 
-async function clearContextEngineProjectionBeforeNativeCompaction(params: {
-  sessionId: string;
-  sessionFile: string;
-  binding: CodexAppServerThreadBinding;
-  config: CompactEmbeddedAgentSessionParams["config"];
-}): Promise<void> {
-  const contextEngineBinding = params.binding.contextEngine;
-  if (!contextEngineBinding?.projection) {
-    return;
-  }
-  // Native Codex compaction mutates the thread history outside the projection
-  // guard. Clear only the projection marker so the next turn reprojects context.
-  await writeCodexAppServerBinding(
-    params.sessionFile,
-    {
-      ...params.binding,
-      contextEngine: {
-        ...contextEngineBinding,
-        projection: undefined,
-      },
-      createdAt: params.binding.createdAt,
-    },
-    { config: params.config },
-  );
-  embeddedAgentLog.info("cleared codex context-engine projection before native compaction", {
-    sessionId: params.sessionId,
-    threadId: params.binding.threadId,
-    previousEpoch: contextEngineBinding.projection.epoch,
-    previousFingerprint: contextEngineBinding.projection.fingerprint,
-  });
-}
-
-function isSameNativeCompactionBinding(
+function isSameNativeTurnBinding(
   current: CodexAppServerThreadBinding,
   expected: CodexAppServerThreadBinding,
 ): boolean {

extensions/codex/src/app-server/config.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Codex tests cover config plugin behavior.
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
 import { MAX_TIMER_TIMEOUT_MS } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/number-runtime";
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ describe("Codex app-server config", () => {
               },
               unix_sockets: {
                 "/tmp/mock-proxy.sock": "allow",
-                "/tmp/blocked.sock": "none",
+                "/tmp/blocked.sock": "deny",
               },
               proxy_url: "http://127.0.0.1:3128",
               socks_url: "socks5h://127.0.0.1:8081",
@@ -558,7 +560,6 @@ describe("Codex app-server config", () => {
     const switchedLocalModel = resolveCodexModelBackedReviewerPolicyContext({
       model: "lmstudio/local-model",
       bindingModel: "gpt-5.5",
-      nativeAuthProfile: true,
     });
     expect(switchedLocalModel).toEqual({
       modelProvider: "lmstudio",
@@ -745,6 +746,39 @@ describe("Codex app-server config", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("reloads Codex config.toml policy when Codex can reload it", async () => {
+    const agentDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-codex-config-"));
+    const codexHome = path.join(agentDir, "codex-home");
+    const configPath = path.join(codexHome, "config.toml");
+    await fs.mkdir(codexHome);
+    try {
+      await fs.writeFile(configPath, 'openai_base_url = "http://localhost:8080/v1"\n');
+      const context = { modelProvider: "openai", model: "gpt-5.5", agentDir };
+      expect(canUseCodexModelBackedApprovalsReviewerForModel(context)).toBe(false);
+
+      await fs.writeFile(configPath, 'openai_base_url = "https://api.openai.com/v1"\n');
+      expect(canUseCodexModelBackedApprovalsReviewerForModel(context)).toBe(true);
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rm(agentDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("observes a Codex config.toml created after the first policy check", async () => {
+    const agentDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-codex-config-"));
+    const codexHome = path.join(agentDir, "codex-home");
+    const configPath = path.join(codexHome, "config.toml");
+    await fs.mkdir(codexHome);
+    try {
+      const context = { modelProvider: "openai", model: "gpt-5.5", agentDir };
+      expect(canUseCodexModelBackedApprovalsReviewerForModel(context)).toBe(true);
+
+      await fs.writeFile(configPath, 'openai_base_url = "http://localhost:8080/v1"\n');
+      expect(canUseCodexModelBackedApprovalsReviewerForModel(context)).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rm(agentDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("forces prompting when explicit no-prompt config cannot use model-backed review", () => {
     const runtime = resolveRuntimeForTest({
       pluginConfig: {
@@ -942,8 +976,8 @@ allowed_sandbox_modes = ["read-only", "workspace-write"]
       env: {},
       modelProvider: "openai",
       requirementsPath: "/custom/codex/requirements.toml",
-      readRequirementsFile: (path) => {
-        readPaths.push(path);
+      readRequirementsFile: (requirementsPath) => {
+        readPaths.push(requirementsPath);
         return 'allowed_sandbox_modes = ["read-only", "workspace-write"]\n';
       },
     });
@@ -963,8 +997,8 @@ allowed_sandbox_modes = ["read-only", "workspace-write"]
       env: { ProgramData: "D:\\ManagedData" },
       modelProvider: "openai",
       platform: "win32",
-      readRequirementsFile: (path) => {
-        readPaths.push(path);
+      readRequirementsFile: (requirementsPath) => {
+        readPaths.push(requirementsPath);
         return 'allowed_sandbox_modes = ["read-only", "workspace-write"]\n';
       },
     });

extensions/codex/src/app-server/config.ts

@@ -192,6 +192,11 @@ export type CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions = {
   networkProxy?: ResolvedCodexAppServerNetworkProxyConfig;
 };
 
+export type CodexAppServerRuntimeResolution = {
+  appServer: CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions;
+  modelBackedReviewerAvailable: boolean;
+};
+
 export type CodexModelBackedReviewerContext = {
   modelProvider?: string;
   model?: string;
@@ -332,7 +337,9 @@ const codexAppServerNetworkProxySchema = z
     baseProfile: z.enum(["read-only", "workspace"]).optional(),
     mode: z.enum(["limited", "full"]).optional(),
     domains: z.record(z.string(), codexAppServerNetworkProxyDomainPermissionSchema).optional(),
-    unixSockets: z.record(z.string(), codexAppServerNetworkProxyUnixSocketPermissionSchema).optional(),
+    unixSockets: z
+      .record(z.string(), codexAppServerNetworkProxyUnixSocketPermissionSchema)
+      .optional(),
     proxyUrl: z.string().trim().min(1).optional(),
     socksUrl: z.string().trim().min(1).optional(),
     enableSocks5: z.boolean().optional(),
@@ -501,25 +508,34 @@ function resolveCodexPluginDestructivePolicy(policy: CodexPluginDestructivePolic
   };
 }
 
+type CodexAppServerRuntimeParams = {
+  pluginConfig?: unknown;
+  execMode?: OpenClawExecMode;
+  execPolicy?: OpenClawExecPolicyForCodexAppServer;
+  modelProvider?: string;
+  model?: string;
+  config?: ProviderAuthAliasConfig;
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+  agentDir?: string;
+  codexConfigToml?: string | null;
+  requirementsToml?: string | null;
+  requirementsPath?: string;
+  readRequirementsFile?: (path: string) => string | undefined;
+  platform?: NodeJS.Platform;
+  hostName?: string;
+  openClawSandboxActive?: boolean;
+};
+
 export function resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions(
-  params: {
-    pluginConfig?: unknown;
-    execMode?: OpenClawExecMode;
-    execPolicy?: OpenClawExecPolicyForCodexAppServer;
-    modelProvider?: string;
-    model?: string;
-    config?: ProviderAuthAliasConfig;
-    env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
-    agentDir?: string;
-    codexConfigToml?: string | null;
-    requirementsToml?: string | null;
-    requirementsPath?: string;
-    readRequirementsFile?: (path: string) => string | undefined;
-    platform?: NodeJS.Platform;
-    hostName?: string;
-    openClawSandboxActive?: boolean;
-  } = {},
+  params: CodexAppServerRuntimeParams = {},
 ): CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions {
+  return resolveCodexAppServerRuntime(params).appServer;
+}
+
+/** Resolves runtime options and the model-policy fact computed with them. */
+export function resolveCodexAppServerRuntime(
+  params: CodexAppServerRuntimeParams = {},
+): CodexAppServerRuntimeResolution {
   const env = params.env ?? process.env;
   const config = readCodexPluginConfig(params.pluginConfig).appServer ?? {};
   const transport = resolveTransport(config.transport);
@@ -659,43 +675,46 @@ export function resolveCodexAppServerRuntimeOptions(
         : "implicit";
 
   return {
-    start: {
-      transport,
-      command,
-      commandSource,
-      args: args.length > 0 ? args : ["app-server", "--listen", "stdio://"],
-      ...(url ? { url } : {}),
-      ...(authToken ? { authToken } : {}),
-      headers,
-      ...(transport === "stdio" && clearEnv.length > 0 ? { clearEnv } : {}),
+    modelBackedReviewerAvailable: canUseModelBackedReviewer,
+    appServer: {
+      start: {
+        transport,
+        command,
+        commandSource,
+        args: args.length > 0 ? args : ["app-server", "--listen", "stdio://"],
+        ...(url ? { url } : {}),
+        ...(authToken ? { authToken } : {}),
+        headers,
+        ...(transport === "stdio" && clearEnv.length > 0 ? { clearEnv } : {}),
+      },
+      connectionClass,
+      remoteAppsSubstrate,
+      ...(remoteWorkspaceRoot ? { remoteWorkspaceRoot } : {}),
+      codeModeOnly: config.codeModeOnly === true,
+      requestTimeoutMs: normalizePositiveNumber(config.requestTimeoutMs, 60_000),
+      turnCompletionIdleTimeoutMs: normalizePositiveNumber(
+        config.turnCompletionIdleTimeoutMs,
+        60_000,
+      ),
+      ...(config.postToolRawAssistantCompletionIdleTimeoutMs !== undefined
+        ? {
+            postToolRawAssistantCompletionIdleTimeoutMs: normalizePositiveNumber(
+              config.postToolRawAssistantCompletionIdleTimeoutMs,
+              60_000,
+            ),
+          }
+        : {}),
+      approvalPolicy: forcedPolicy?.approvalPolicy ?? approvalPolicy,
+      approvalPolicySource,
+      sandbox: resolvedSandbox,
+      approvalsReviewer:
+        forcedPolicy?.approvalsReviewer ??
+        explicitApprovalsReviewer ??
+        defaultPolicy?.approvalsReviewer ??
+        (policyMode === "guardian" ? "auto_review" : "user"),
+      ...resolveCodexAppServerNetworkProxy(config.networkProxy, resolvedSandbox),
+      ...(serviceTier ? { serviceTier } : {}),
     },
-    connectionClass,
-    remoteAppsSubstrate,
-    ...(remoteWorkspaceRoot ? { remoteWorkspaceRoot } : {}),
-    codeModeOnly: config.codeModeOnly === true,
-    requestTimeoutMs: normalizePositiveNumber(config.requestTimeoutMs, 60_000),
-    turnCompletionIdleTimeoutMs: normalizePositiveNumber(
-      config.turnCompletionIdleTimeoutMs,
-      60_000,
-    ),
-    ...(config.postToolRawAssistantCompletionIdleTimeoutMs !== undefined
-      ? {
-          postToolRawAssistantCompletionIdleTimeoutMs: normalizePositiveNumber(
-            config.postToolRawAssistantCompletionIdleTimeoutMs,
-            60_000,
-          ),
-        }
-      : {}),
-    approvalPolicy: forcedPolicy?.approvalPolicy ?? approvalPolicy,
-    approvalPolicySource,
-    sandbox: resolvedSandbox,
-    approvalsReviewer:
-      forcedPolicy?.approvalsReviewer ??
-      explicitApprovalsReviewer ??
-      defaultPolicy?.approvalsReviewer ??
-      (policyMode === "guardian" ? "auto_review" : "user"),
-    ...(serviceTier ? { serviceTier } : {}),
-    ...resolveCodexAppServerNetworkProxy(config.networkProxy, resolvedSandbox),
   };
 }
 
@@ -767,7 +786,6 @@ export function resolveCodexModelBackedReviewerPolicyContext(params: {
   model?: string;
   bindingModelProvider?: string;
   bindingModel?: string;
-  nativeAuthProfile?: boolean;
 }): CodexModelBackedReviewerContext {
   const provider = params.provider?.trim();
   if (provider && provider.toLowerCase() !== "codex") {
@@ -799,7 +817,7 @@ export function resolveCodexModelBackedReviewerPolicyContext(params: {
     };
   }
   return {
-    modelProvider: params.nativeAuthProfile === true ? "openai" : undefined,
+    modelProvider: undefined,
     model: params.model ?? params.bindingModel,
   };
 }
@@ -866,6 +884,7 @@ export function codexAppServerStartOptionsKey(
   options: CodexAppServerStartOptions,
   params: {
     authProfileId?: string;
+    authAccountCacheKey?: string;
     agentDir?: string;
     fallbackApiKeyCacheKey?: string;
   } = {},
@@ -885,6 +904,7 @@ export function codexAppServerStartOptionsKey(
       .map(([key, value]) => [key, hashSecretForKey(value, `env:${key}`)]),
     clearEnv: [...(options.clearEnv ?? [])].toSorted(),
     authProfileId: params.authProfileId ?? null,
+    authAccountCacheKey: params.authAccountCacheKey ?? null,
     agentDir: params.agentDir ?? null,
     fallbackApiKeyCacheKey: params.fallbackApiKeyCacheKey ?? null,
   });
@@ -924,7 +944,7 @@ function resolveCodexAppServerNetworkProxy(
     enabled: true,
     mode: config.mode,
     domains: normalizeNetworkProxyPermissionMap(config.domains),
-    unix_sockets: normalizeNetworkProxyPermissionMap(config.unixSockets),
+    unix_sockets: normalizeNetworkProxyUnixSocketPermissionMap(config.unixSockets),
     proxy_url: readNonEmptyString(config.proxyUrl),
     socks_url: readNonEmptyString(config.socksUrl),
     enable_socks5: config.enableSocks5,
@@ -979,6 +999,20 @@ export function fingerprintCodexAppServerNetworkProxyConfigPatch(configPatch: Js
   return createHash("sha256").update(stableStringifyJson(configPatch)).digest("hex");
 }
 
+function normalizeNetworkProxyUnixSocketPermissionMap(
+  value: Record<string, CodexAppServerNetworkProxyUnixSocketPermission> | undefined,
+): Record<string, "allow" | "deny"> | undefined {
+  const normalized = normalizeNetworkProxyPermissionMap(value);
+  return normalized
+    ? Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.entries(normalized).map(([socketPath, permission]) => [
+          socketPath,
+          permission === "none" ? "deny" : permission,
+        ]),
+      )
+    : undefined;
+}
+
 function normalizeNetworkProxyPermissionMap<TPermission extends string>(
   value: Record<string, TPermission> | undefined,
 ): Record<string, TPermission> | undefined {

extensions/codex/src/app-server/context-engine-projection.test.ts

@@ -249,10 +249,64 @@ describe("projectContextEngineAssemblyForCodex", () => {
     // The user's actual request is the priority tail and must survive truncation.
     expect(fitted).toContain("Current user request:");
     expect(fitted.endsWith("q".repeat(40))).toBe(true);
-    // The dropped older context is reported, not silently lost.
+    // Current context still survives even when an earlier projection is dropped.
+    expect(fitted).toContain("older context");
+    // The dropped older content is reported, not silently lost.
     expect(fitted).toContain("[truncated ");
   });
 
+  it("keeps the current request and fitting hook context after projecting history", () => {
+    const before = "OpenClaw assembled context for this turn:\n<conversation_context>\n";
+    const context = `recent context ${"c".repeat(800)}`;
+    const request = "\n</conversation_context>\n\nCurrent user request:\nkeep this request";
+    const hookAppend = "\n\nhook context survives";
+    const promptText = `${before}${context}${request}${hookAppend}`;
+    const maxChars = 420;
+
+    const fitted = fitCodexProjectedContextForTurnStart({
+      promptText,
+      contextRange: { start: before.length, end: before.length + context.length },
+      requestRange: {
+        start: before.length + context.length,
+        end: before.length + context.length + request.length,
+      },
+      maxChars,
+    });
+
+    expect(fitted.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(maxChars);
+    expect(fitted).toContain("[truncated ");
+    expect(fitted).toContain("Current user request:\nkeep this request");
+    expect(fitted).toContain("hook context survives");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the original input when a hook appends context without a projection", () => {
+    const prompt = "current prompt survives";
+    const hookAppend = `\n\nhook context ${"h".repeat(800)}`;
+    const maxChars = 420;
+
+    const fitted = fitCodexProjectedContextForTurnStart({
+      promptText: `${prompt}${hookAppend}`,
+      preservedRange: { start: 0, end: prompt.length },
+      maxChars,
+    });
+
+    expect(fitted.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(maxChars);
+    expect(fitted).toContain(prompt);
+    expect(fitted).not.toContain("hook context");
+  });
+
+  it("bounds hook output for an empty original input", () => {
+    const maxChars = 420;
+    const fitted = fitCodexProjectedContextForTurnStart({
+      promptText: `hook context ${"h".repeat(800)} hook tail`,
+      preservedRange: { start: 0, end: 0 },
+      maxChars,
+    });
+
+    expect(fitted.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(maxChars);
+    expect(fitted).toContain("hook tail");
+  });
+
   it("bounds output for a large request under the default Codex turn limit", () => {
     const maxChars = CODEX_TURN_START_TEXT_INPUT_MAX_CHARS;
     // A large assembled header prefix already over the cap forces the

extensions/codex/src/app-server/context-engine-projection.ts

@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ export function resolveCodexContextEngineProjectionReserveTokens(params: {
 export function fitCodexProjectedContextForTurnStart(params: {
   promptText: string;
   contextRange?: CodexProjectedContextRange;
+  requestRange?: CodexProjectedContextRange;
+  preservedRange?: CodexProjectedContextRange;
   maxChars?: number;
 }): string {
   const maxChars =
@@ -132,23 +134,63 @@ export function fitCodexProjectedContextForTurnStart(params: {
   }
   const range = normalizeProjectedContextRange(params.contextRange, params.promptText.length);
   if (!range) {
-    return params.promptText;
+    const preservedRange = normalizeProjectedContextRange(
+      params.preservedRange,
+      params.promptText.length,
+    );
+    if (!preservedRange) {
+      return params.promptText;
+    }
+    const preservedText = params.promptText.slice(preservedRange.start, preservedRange.end);
+    if (!preservedText) {
+      return truncateOlderContext(params.promptText, maxChars);
+    }
+    if (preservedText.length >= maxChars) {
+      return truncateOlderContext(preservedText, maxChars);
+    }
+    const beforeRange = params.promptText.slice(0, preservedRange.start);
+    return `${truncateOlderContext(beforeRange, maxChars - preservedText.length)}${preservedText}`;
   }
 
   const beforeContext = params.promptText.slice(0, range.start);
   const context = params.promptText.slice(range.start, range.end);
   const afterContext = params.promptText.slice(range.end);
+  const requestRange = normalizeProjectedContextRange(
+    params.requestRange,
+    params.promptText.length,
+  );
+  if (
+    requestRange &&
+    requestRange.start >= range.end &&
+    requestRange.end < params.promptText.length
+  ) {
+    const request = params.promptText.slice(requestRange.start, requestRange.end);
+    if (request.length >= maxChars) {
+      return truncateOlderContext(request, maxChars);
+    }
+    const appendedContext = params.promptText.slice(requestRange.end);
+    // Hook-appended context is newer than the projected history. Retain it
+    // before trimming the projection, while the full current request remains
+    // the hard boundary that must survive a bounded turn/start input.
+    const fittedAppendedContext = truncateOlderContext(appendedContext, maxChars - request.length);
+    const contextBudget = maxChars - request.length - fittedAppendedContext.length;
+    const fittedContext = truncateOlderContext(context, contextBudget);
+    const beforeContextBudget =
+      maxChars - fittedContext.length - request.length - fittedAppendedContext.length;
+    return `${truncateOlderContext(beforeContext, beforeContextBudget)}${fittedContext}${request}${fittedAppendedContext}`;
+  }
   const contextBudget = maxChars - beforeContext.length - afterContext.length;
   if (contextBudget > 0) {
     const fittedContext = truncateOlderContext(context, contextBudget);
     return `${beforeContext}${fittedContext}${afterContext}`;
   }
-  // The header plus the trailing user request already fill the limit, so the
-  // older context drops entirely and the remaining text must still be bounded;
-  // otherwise Codex app-server rejects the turn for exceeding
-  // MAX_USER_INPUT_TEXT_CHARS. truncateOlderContext keeps the tail, preserving
-  // the user's actual request over the older header text.
-  return truncateOlderContext(`${beforeContext}${afterContext}`, maxChars);
+  // Hook-added prefixes can make the non-context text exceed the limit. Keep
+  // the current context tail before the user's request; dropping it would make
+  // a duplicated earlier projection crowd out the newest assembled context.
+  const afterContextText = truncateOlderContext(afterContext, maxChars);
+  const contextBudgetAfterRequest = maxChars - afterContextText.length;
+  const fittedContext = truncateOlderContext(context, contextBudgetAfterRequest);
+  return `${fittedContext}${afterContextText}`;
 }
 
 function normalizeProjectedContextRange(

extensions/codex/src/app-server/dynamic-tool-build.test.ts

@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ import {
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   addSandboxShellDynamicToolsIfAvailable,
-  buildDynamicTools,
   filterCodexDynamicToolsForAllowlist,
   hasWildcardCodexToolsAllow,
   includeForcedCodexDynamicToolAllow,
-  mapCodexAppServerRemoteWorkspacePath,
+  prepareDynamicToolCatalog,
   resetOpenClawCodingToolsFactoryForTests,
   resolveCodexAppServerExecutionCwd,
   resolveOpenClawCodingToolsSessionKeys,
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   setOpenClawCodingToolsFactoryForTests,
   shouldEnableCodexAppServerNativeToolSurface,
   shouldForceMessageTool,
+  type OpenClawCodingToolsFactory,
 } from "./dynamic-tool-build.js";
 import {
   filterCodexDynamicTools,
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ function createRuntimeDynamicTool(name: string): RuntimeDynamicToolForTest {
 async function buildDynamicToolsForTest(
   params: EmbeddedRunAttemptParams,
   workspaceDir: string,
-  options: Partial<Parameters<typeof buildDynamicTools>[0]> = {},
+  options: Partial<Parameters<typeof prepareDynamicToolCatalog>[0]> = {},
 ) {
   const sandboxSessionKey = params.sessionKey;
   if (!sandboxSessionKey) {
     throw new Error("createParams must provide a sessionKey for Codex dynamic tool tests.");
   }
-  return buildDynamicTools({
+  const catalog = await prepareDynamicToolCatalog({
     params,
     resolvedWorkspace: workspaceDir,
     effectiveWorkspace: workspaceDir,
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ async function buildDynamicToolsForTest(
     onYieldDetected: () => undefined,
     ...options,
   });
+  return catalog.tools;
 }
 
 describe("Codex app-server dynamic tool build", () => {
@@ -227,197 +228,51 @@ describe("Codex app-server dynamic tool build", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
-  it("removes managed web_search when domain-restricted Codex hosted search is active", async () => {
-    const workspaceDir = path.join(tempDir, "workspace");
-    const params = createParams(path.join(tempDir, "session.jsonl"), workspaceDir);
-    params.disableTools = false;
-    params.runtimePlan = createCodexRuntimePlanFixture();
-    params.config = {
-      tools: {
-        web: {
-          search: { openaiCodex: { allowedDomains: ["example.com"] } },
-        },
-      },
-    } as never;
-    setOpenClawCodingToolsFactoryForTests(() => [
-      createRuntimeDynamicTool("web_search"),
-      createRuntimeDynamicTool("message"),
+  it("prepares runtime and durable tool views from one OpenClaw catalog", async () => {
+    const messageTool = createRuntimeDynamicTool("message");
+    const webSearchTool = createRuntimeDynamicTool("web_search");
+    const heartbeatTool = createRuntimeDynamicTool("heartbeat_respond");
+    const factory = vi.fn<OpenClawCodingToolsFactory>((options) => [
+      messageTool,
+      webSearchTool,
+      ...(options?.enableHeartbeatTool ? [heartbeatTool] : []),
     ]);
-    let webSearchAllowed = false;
-
-    const tools = await buildDynamicToolsForTest(params, workspaceDir, {
-      onWebSearchPolicyResolved: (allowed) => {
-        webSearchAllowed = allowed;
-      },
-    });
-
-    expect(tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).toEqual(["message"]);
-    expect(webSearchAllowed).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it("reports hosted search denied when effective tool policy removes web_search", async () => {
+    setOpenClawCodingToolsFactoryForTests(factory);
+    const sessionFile = path.join(tempDir, "session.jsonl");
     const workspaceDir = path.join(tempDir, "workspace");
-    const params = createParams(path.join(tempDir, "session.jsonl"), workspaceDir);
+    const params = createParams(sessionFile, workspaceDir);
     params.disableTools = false;
-    params.runtimePlan = createCodexRuntimePlanFixture();
-    setOpenClawCodingToolsFactoryForTests(() => [createRuntimeDynamicTool("message")]);
-    let webSearchAllowed = true;
-
-    const tools = await buildDynamicToolsForTest(params, workspaceDir, {
-      onWebSearchPolicyResolved: (allowed) => {
-        webSearchAllowed = allowed;
-      },
-    });
-
-    expect(tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).toEqual(["message"]);
-    expect(webSearchAllowed).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it("separates persistent search policy from a runtime toolsAllow restriction", async () => {
-    const workspaceDir = path.join(tempDir, "workspace");
-    const params = createParams(path.join(tempDir, "session.jsonl"), workspaceDir);
-    params.disableTools = false;
-    params.runtimePlan = createCodexRuntimePlanFixture();
-    params.toolsAllow = ["message"];
-    setOpenClawCodingToolsFactoryForTests(() => [
-      createRuntimeDynamicTool("web_search"),
-      createRuntimeDynamicTool("message"),
-    ]);
-    let persistentWebSearchAllowed = false;
-    let webSearchAllowed = true;
-
-    const tools = await buildDynamicToolsForTest(params, workspaceDir, {
-      onPersistentWebSearchPolicyResolved: (allowed) => {
-        persistentWebSearchAllowed = allowed;
-      },
-      onWebSearchPolicyResolved: (allowed) => {
-        webSearchAllowed = allowed;
-      },
-    });
-
-    expect(tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).toEqual(["message"]);
-    expect(persistentWebSearchAllowed).toBe(true);
-    expect(webSearchAllowed).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it("keeps persistent search denied when runtime toolsAllow also excludes it", async () => {
-    const workspaceDir = path.join(tempDir, "workspace");
-    const params = createParams(path.join(tempDir, "session.jsonl"), workspaceDir);
-    params.disableTools = false;
-    params.runtimePlan = createCodexRuntimePlanFixture();
-    params.toolsAllow = ["message"];
-    setOpenClawCodingToolsFactoryForTests(() => [createRuntimeDynamicTool("message")]);
-    let persistentWebSearchAllowed = true;
-    let webSearchAllowed = true;
-
-    const tools = await buildDynamicToolsForTest(params, workspaceDir, {
-      onPersistentWebSearchPolicyResolved: (allowed) => {
-        persistentWebSearchAllowed = allowed;
-      },
-      onWebSearchPolicyResolved: (allowed) => {
-        webSearchAllowed = allowed;
-      },
-    });
-
-    expect(tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).toEqual(["message"]);
-    expect(persistentWebSearchAllowed).toBe(false);
-    expect(webSearchAllowed).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it("treats sender-scoped web_search denial as transient", async () => {
-    const workspaceDir = path.join(tempDir, "workspace");
-    const params = createParams(path.join(tempDir, "session.jsonl"), workspaceDir);
-    params.disableTools = false;
-    params.runtimePlan = createCodexRuntimePlanFixture();
-    params.senderId = "restricted-sender";
-    params.config = {
+    const runtimePlan = createCodexRuntimePlanFixture();
+    params.runtimePlan = {
+      ...runtimePlan,
       tools: {
-        toolsBySender: {
-          "id:restricted-sender": { deny: ["web_search"] },
-        },
+        normalize: (tools: Array<{ name: string }>) =>
+          tools.filter((tool) => tool.name === "message"),
+        logDiagnostics: () => undefined,
       },
-    } as never;
-    setOpenClawCodingToolsFactoryForTests(() => [createRuntimeDynamicTool("message")]);
-    let persistentWebSearchAllowed = false;
-    let webSearchAllowed = true;
+    } as unknown as NonNullable<EmbeddedRunAttemptParams["runtimePlan"]>;
 
-    const tools = await buildDynamicToolsForTest(params, workspaceDir, {
-      onPersistentWebSearchPolicyResolved: (allowed) => {
-        persistentWebSearchAllowed = allowed;
-      },
-      onWebSearchPolicyResolved: (allowed) => {
-        webSearchAllowed = allowed;
-      },
+    const catalog = await prepareDynamicToolCatalog({
+      params,
+      resolvedWorkspace: workspaceDir,
+      effectiveWorkspace: workspaceDir,
+      sandboxSessionKey: params.sessionKey ?? "agent:main:session-1",
+      sandbox: { enabled: false, backendId: "docker" } as never,
+      nativeToolSurfaceEnabled: true,
+      runAbortController: new AbortController(),
+      sessionAgentId: "main",
+      pluginConfig: {},
+      onYieldDetected: () => undefined,
     });
 
-    expect(tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).toEqual(["message"]);
-    expect(persistentWebSearchAllowed).toBe(true);
-    expect(webSearchAllowed).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it("keeps persistent search denied when global and sender policy both deny it", async () => {
-    const workspaceDir = path.join(tempDir, "workspace");
-    const params = createParams(path.join(tempDir, "session.jsonl"), workspaceDir);
-    params.disableTools = false;
-    params.runtimePlan = createCodexRuntimePlanFixture();
-    params.senderId = "restricted-sender";
-    params.config = {
-      tools: {
-        deny: ["web_search"],
-        toolsBySender: {
-          "id:restricted-sender": { deny: ["web_search"] },
-        },
-      },
-    } as never;
-    setOpenClawCodingToolsFactoryForTests(() => [createRuntimeDynamicTool("message")]);
-    let persistentWebSearchAllowed = true;
-
-    await buildDynamicToolsForTest(params, workspaceDir, {
-      onPersistentWebSearchPolicyResolved: (allowed) => {
-        persistentWebSearchAllowed = allowed;
-      },
-    });
-
-    expect(persistentWebSearchAllowed).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it("keeps managed web_search when a managed provider is explicitly selected", async () => {
-    const workspaceDir = path.join(tempDir, "workspace");
-    const params = createParams(path.join(tempDir, "session.jsonl"), workspaceDir);
-    params.disableTools = false;
-    params.runtimePlan = createCodexRuntimePlanFixture();
-    params.config = {
-      tools: {
-        web: {
-          search: { provider: "brave" },
-        },
-      },
-    } as never;
-    setOpenClawCodingToolsFactoryForTests(() => [
-      createRuntimeDynamicTool("web_search"),
-      createRuntimeDynamicTool("message"),
+    expect(factory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(factory.mock.calls[0]?.[0]?.enableHeartbeatTool).toBe(true);
+    expect(catalog.tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).toEqual(["message"]);
+    expect(catalog.registeredTools.map((tool) => tool.name)).toEqual([
+      "message",
+      "web_search",
+      "heartbeat_respond",
     ]);
-
-    const tools = await buildDynamicToolsForTest(params, workspaceDir);
-
-    expect(tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).toEqual(["web_search", "message"]);
-  });
-
-  it("keeps managed web_search when the active Codex provider lacks hosted search", async () => {
-    const workspaceDir = path.join(tempDir, "workspace");
-    const params = createParams(path.join(tempDir, "session.jsonl"), workspaceDir);
-    params.disableTools = false;
-    params.runtimePlan = createCodexRuntimePlanFixture();
-    setOpenClawCodingToolsFactoryForTests(() => [
-      createRuntimeDynamicTool("web_search"),
-      createRuntimeDynamicTool("message"),
-    ]);
-
-    const tools = await buildDynamicToolsForTest(params, workspaceDir, {
-      nativeProviderWebSearchSupport: "unsupported",
-    });
-
-    expect(tools.map((tool) => tool.name)).toEqual(["web_search", "message"]);
   });
 
   it("applies additional Codex dynamic tool excludes without exposing Codex-native tools", () => {

extensions/codex/src/app-server/dynamic-tool-build.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ type OpenClawExecOptions = NonNullable<OpenClawCodingToolsOptions["exec"]>;
 export type OpenClawCodingToolsFactory =
   (typeof import("openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-harness"))["createOpenClawCodingTools"];
 type OpenClawDynamicTool = ReturnType<OpenClawCodingToolsFactory>[number];
+type OpenClawDynamicToolProjection = ReturnType<
+  typeof filterProviderNormalizableTools<OpenClawDynamicTool>
+>;
 type OpenClawSandboxContext = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof resolveSandboxContext>>;
 type CodexDynamicToolBuildEvent = Parameters<
   NonNullable<EmbeddedRunAttemptParams["onAgentEvent"]>
@@ -60,9 +63,7 @@ const CODEX_NATIVE_SANDBOX_TOOL_REQUIREMENTS = [
   "apply_patch",
 ] as const;
 const CODEX_MEMORY_FLUSH_DYNAMIC_TOOL_ALLOW = new Set(["read", "write"]);
-const CODEX_NODE_EXEC_DYNAMIC_TOOL_NAME = "node_exec";
-const CODEX_NODE_PROCESS_DYNAMIC_TOOL_NAME = "node_process";
-const CODEX_NODE_EXEC_HIDDEN_PARAMETER_NAMES = new Set(["host", "security", "ask", "node"]);
+const CODEX_HEARTBEAT_DYNAMIC_TOOL_NAME = "heartbeat_respond";
 
 /** Runtime inputs needed to derive the exact Codex dynamic tool surface for a turn. */
 export type DynamicToolBuildParams = {
@@ -78,9 +79,6 @@ export type DynamicToolBuildParams = {
   sessionAgentId: string;
   pluginConfig: CodexPluginConfig;
   profilerEnabled?: boolean;
-  forceHeartbeatTool?: boolean;
-  ignoreDisableMessageTool?: boolean;
-  ignoreRuntimePlan?: boolean;
   onYieldDetected: () => void;
   onCodexAppServerEvent?: (event: CodexDynamicToolBuildEvent) => void;
   onPersistentWebSearchPolicyResolved?: (allowed: boolean) => void;
@@ -143,6 +141,11 @@ type CodexDynamicToolBuildStageSummary = {
   stages: CodexDynamicToolBuildStageTiming[];
 };
 
+type CodexDynamicToolBuildStageTracker = {
+  mark: (name: string) => void;
+  snapshot: () => CodexDynamicToolBuildStageSummary;
+};
+
 const CODEX_DYNAMIC_TOOL_BUILD_WARN_TOTAL_MS = 1_000;
 const CODEX_DYNAMIC_TOOL_BUILD_WARN_STAGE_MS = 500;
 
@@ -204,26 +207,42 @@ export function formatCodexDynamicToolBuildStageSummary(
     : "none";
 }
 
-/** Builds, filters, and normalizes Codex-compatible runtime tools for a single turn. */
-export async function buildDynamicTools(input: DynamicToolBuildParams) {
+/** Builds the turn-visible and durable registration views from one OpenClaw tool catalog. */
+export async function prepareDynamicToolCatalog(input: DynamicToolBuildParams): Promise<{
+  tools: OpenClawDynamicTool[];
+  registeredTools: OpenClawDynamicTool[];
+}> {
   const { params } = input;
-  const messagePolicyParams = input.ignoreDisableMessageTool
-    ? { ...params, disableMessageTool: false }
-    : params;
-  if (params.disableTools) {
-    input.onWebSearchPolicyResolved?.(false);
-    return [];
+  if (params.disableTools || !supportsModelTools(params.model)) {
+    return { tools: [], registeredTools: [] };
   }
-  if (!supportsModelTools(params.model)) {
-    input.onPersistentWebSearchPolicyResolved?.(false);
-    input.onWebSearchPolicyResolved?.(false);
-    return [];
-  }
-  // Dynamic tool construction is on the reply hot path, so per-stage
-  // Date.now/span bookkeeping runs only when the Codex profiler flag is set.
   const toolBuildStages = createCodexDynamicToolBuildStageTracker({
     enabled: input.profilerEnabled,
   });
+  // The durable schema must include heartbeat_respond across normal and heartbeat
+  // turns. Build that superset once, then hide it only from normal turn exposure.
+  const allTools = await buildOpenClawDynamicToolSource(input, toolBuildStages);
+  const readableTools = filterProviderNormalizableTools(allTools);
+  toolBuildStages.mark("provider-normalization");
+  const tools = projectDynamicTools(input, readableTools, toolBuildStages, {
+    excludeHeartbeatTool: params.trigger !== "heartbeat",
+    phase: "runtime-tools",
+    stagePrefix: "runtime",
+  });
+  const registeredTools = projectDynamicTools(input, readableTools, toolBuildStages, {
+    ignoreRuntimePlan: true,
+    phase: "registered-tools",
+    reportDiagnostics: false,
+    stagePrefix: "registered",
+  });
+  return { tools, registeredTools };
+}
+
+async function buildOpenClawDynamicToolSource(
+  input: DynamicToolBuildParams,
+  toolBuildStages: CodexDynamicToolBuildStageTracker,
+): Promise<OpenClawDynamicTool[]> {
+  const { params } = input;
   const modelHasVision = params.model.input?.includes("image") ?? false;
   const agentDir = params.agentDir ?? resolveAgentDir(params.config ?? {}, input.sessionAgentId);
   const agentHarness = await import("openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-harness");
@@ -302,10 +321,10 @@ export async function buildDynamicTools(input: DynamicToolBuildParams) {
     requireExplicitMessageTarget:
       params.requireExplicitMessageTarget ?? isSubagentSessionKey(params.sessionKey),
     sourceReplyDeliveryMode: params.sourceReplyDeliveryMode,
-    disableMessageTool: input.ignoreDisableMessageTool ? false : params.disableMessageTool,
-    forceMessageTool: shouldForceMessageTool(messagePolicyParams),
-    enableHeartbeatTool: params.trigger === "heartbeat" || input.forceHeartbeatTool === true,
-    forceHeartbeatTool: params.trigger === "heartbeat" || input.forceHeartbeatTool === true,
+    disableMessageTool: params.disableMessageTool,
+    forceMessageTool: shouldForceMessageTool(params),
+    enableHeartbeatTool: true,
+    forceHeartbeatTool: true,
     onYield: (message) => {
       input.onYieldDetected();
       input.onCodexAppServerEvent?.({
@@ -320,16 +339,30 @@ export async function buildDynamicTools(input: DynamicToolBuildParams) {
     allocateToolOutcomeOrdinal: params.allocateToolOutcomeOrdinal,
   });
   toolBuildStages.mark("create-openclaw-coding-tools");
-  const preNormalizationDiagnostics: RuntimeToolSchemaDiagnostic[] = [];
-  const readableAllToolProjection = filterProviderNormalizableTools(allTools);
-  preNormalizationDiagnostics.push(...readableAllToolProjection.diagnostics);
-  const webSearchPlan = resolveCodexWebSearchPlan({
-    config: params.config,
-    disableTools: params.disableTools,
-    nativeToolSurfaceEnabled: input.nativeToolSurfaceEnabled,
-    nativeProviderWebSearchSupport: input.nativeProviderWebSearchSupport,
-  });
-  const readableAllTools = [...readableAllToolProjection.tools];
+  return allTools;
+}
+
+function projectDynamicTools(
+  input: DynamicToolBuildParams,
+  source: OpenClawDynamicToolProjection,
+  toolBuildStages: CodexDynamicToolBuildStageTracker,
+  options: {
+    excludeHeartbeatTool?: boolean;
+    ignoreRuntimePlan?: boolean;
+    phase?: "runtime-tools" | "registered-tools";
+    reportDiagnostics?: boolean;
+    stagePrefix?: string;
+  } = {},
+): OpenClawDynamicTool[] {
+  const { params } = input;
+  const markStage = (name: string) =>
+    toolBuildStages.mark(options.stagePrefix ? `${options.stagePrefix}-${name}` : name);
+  const preNormalizationDiagnostics: RuntimeToolSchemaDiagnostic[] = [...source.diagnostics];
+  const readableAllTools = [...source.tools].filter(
+    (tool) =>
+      !options.excludeHeartbeatTool ||
+      normalizeCodexDynamicToolName(tool.name) !== CODEX_HEARTBEAT_DYNAMIC_TOOL_NAME,
+  );
   const codexFilteredTools = addNodeShellDynamicToolsIfNeeded(
     addSandboxShellDynamicToolsIfAvailable(
       isCodexMemoryFlushRun(params)
@@ -342,51 +375,18 @@ export async function buildDynamicTools(input: DynamicToolBuildParams) {
     input,
     nativeExecutionPolicy,
   );
-  toolBuildStages.mark("codex-filtering");
+  markStage("codex-filtering");
+  const modelHasVision = params.model.input?.includes("image") ?? false;
   const visionFilteredTools = filterToolsForVisionInputs(codexFilteredTools, {
     modelHasVision,
     hasInboundImages: (params.images?.length ?? 0) > 0,
   });
-  toolBuildStages.mark("vision-filtering");
-  const webSearchPresent = visionFilteredTools.some((tool) => tool.name === "web_search");
-  const webSearchPolicy = agentHarness.resolveWebSearchToolPolicy({
-    config: params.config,
-    modelProvider: params.model.provider,
-    modelId: params.modelId,
-    agentId: input.sessionAgentId,
-    sessionKey: input.sandboxSessionKey,
-    sandboxToolPolicy: input.sandbox?.tools,
-    messageProvider: resolveCodexMessageToolProvider(params),
-    agentAccountId: params.agentAccountId,
-    groupId: params.groupId,
-    groupChannel: params.groupChannel,
-    groupSpace: params.groupSpace,
-    spawnedBy: params.spawnedBy,
-    senderId: params.senderId,
-    senderName: params.senderName,
-    senderUsername: params.senderUsername,
-    senderE164: params.senderE164,
-  });
-  const senderScopedWebSearchRestriction =
-    !webSearchPolicy.allowed && webSearchPolicy.persistentAllowed;
-  const transientWebSearchRestriction =
-    senderScopedWebSearchRestriction || isCodexMemoryFlushRun(params);
-  const persistentCodexWebSearchSurface =
-    params.config?.tools?.web?.search?.enabled !== false &&
-    !(input.pluginConfig.codexDynamicToolsExclude ?? []).some(
-      (name) => normalizeCodexDynamicToolName(name) === "web_search",
-    );
-  input.onPersistentWebSearchPolicyResolved?.(
-    webSearchPresent ||
-      (persistentCodexWebSearchSurface &&
-        transientWebSearchRestriction &&
-        webSearchPolicy.persistentAllowed),
-  );
-  const toolsAllow = includeForcedCodexDynamicToolAllow(params.toolsAllow, messagePolicyParams);
+  markStage("vision-filtering");
+  const toolsAllow = includeForcedCodexDynamicToolAllow(params.toolsAllow, params);
   const filteredTools = filterCodexDynamicToolsForAllowlist(visionFilteredTools, toolsAllow);
-  toolBuildStages.mark("allowlist-filter");
+  markStage("allowlist-filter");
   const normalizedTools = normalizeAgentRuntimeTools({
-    runtimePlan: input.ignoreRuntimePlan ? undefined : params.runtimePlan,
+    runtimePlan: options.ignoreRuntimePlan ? undefined : params.runtimePlan,
     tools: filteredTools,
     provider: params.provider,
     config: params.config,
@@ -395,17 +395,14 @@ export async function buildDynamicTools(input: DynamicToolBuildParams) {
     modelId: params.modelId,
     modelApi: params.model.api,
     model: params.model,
+    // Registration is a projection of the already-prepared catalog. Never
+    // activate another provider runtime while constructing its durable schema.
+    allowProviderRuntimePluginLoad: options.ignoreRuntimePlan ? false : undefined,
     onPreNormalizationSchemaDiagnostics: (diagnostics) =>
       preNormalizationDiagnostics.push(...diagnostics),
   });
-  toolBuildStages.mark("runtime-normalization");
-  // Resolve policy before hiding the managed tool. Hosted search follows the
-  // same effective policy, while only one search implementation is exposed.
-  input.onWebSearchPolicyResolved?.(normalizedTools.some((tool) => tool.name === "web_search"));
-  const exposedTools = webSearchPlan.suppressManagedWebSearch
-    ? normalizedTools.filter((tool) => tool.name !== "web_search")
-    : normalizedTools;
-  if (preNormalizationDiagnostics.length > 0) {
+  markStage("runtime-normalization");
+  if (options.reportDiagnostics !== false && preNormalizationDiagnostics.length > 0) {
     embeddedAgentLog.warn(
       `codex app-server quarantined ${preNormalizationDiagnostics.length} unsupported runtime tool schema${preNormalizationDiagnostics.length === 1 ? "" : "s"} before dynamic tool registration`,
       {
@@ -422,7 +419,7 @@ export async function buildDynamicTools(input: DynamicToolBuildParams) {
   }
   const summary = toolBuildStages.snapshot();
   if (shouldWarnCodexDynamicToolBuildStageSummary(summary)) {
-    const phase = input.forceHeartbeatTool ? "registered-tools" : "runtime-tools";
+    const phase = options.phase ?? "runtime-tools";
     embeddedAgentLog.warn(
       `codex app-server dynamic tool build timings runId=${params.runId} sessionId=${params.sessionId} phase=${phase} totalMs=${summary.totalMs} stages=${formatCodexDynamicToolBuildStageSummary(summary)}`,
       {
@@ -435,9 +432,8 @@ export async function buildDynamicTools(input: DynamicToolBuildParams) {
         codexFilteredToolCount: codexFilteredTools.length,
         visionFilteredToolCount: visionFilteredTools.length,
         filteredToolCount: filteredTools.length,
-        normalizedToolCount: exposedTools.length,
-        forceHeartbeatTool: input.forceHeartbeatTool === true,
-        ignoreRuntimePlan: input.ignoreRuntimePlan === true,
+        normalizedToolCount: normalizedTools.length,
+        ignoreRuntimePlan: options.ignoreRuntimePlan === true,
         nativeToolSurfaceEnabled: input.nativeToolSurfaceEnabled === true,
       },
     );

extensions/codex/src/app-server/dynamic-tools.ts

@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ type CodexDynamicToolHookContext = {
 
 type CodexToolResultHookContext = Omit<CodexDynamicToolHookContext, "config">;
 
+type AgentToolResultObserver = (event: {
+  toolName: string;
+  result: unknown;
+  isError: boolean;
+}) => void;
+
 type ProjectedCodexDynamicTool = {
   tool: AnyAgentTool;
   name: string;
@@ -108,8 +114,7 @@ export type CodexDynamicToolBridge = {
     params: CodexDynamicToolCallParams,
     options?: {
       signal?: AbortSignal;
-      onAgentToolResult?: EmbeddedRunAttemptParams["onAgentToolResult"];
-      toolCallOrdinal?: number;
+      onAgentToolResult?: AgentToolResultObserver;
     },
   ) => Promise<CodexDynamicToolCallResponse>;
   telemetry: {
@@ -442,7 +447,7 @@ export function createCodexDynamicToolBridge(params: {
 }
 
 function notifyAgentToolResult(
-  observer: EmbeddedRunAttemptParams["onAgentToolResult"] | undefined,
+  observer: AgentToolResultObserver | undefined,
   toolName: string,
   result: unknown,
   isError: boolean,

extensions/codex/src/app-server/event-projector.test.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import {
   type CodexAppServerEventProjectorOptions,
   type CodexAppServerToolTelemetry,
 } from "./event-projector.js";
-import { rememberCodexRateLimits, resetCodexRateLimitCacheForTests } from "./rate-limit-cache.js";
 import { createCodexTestModel } from "./test-support.js";
 
 const THREAD_ID = "thread-1";
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@ afterEach(async () => {
   resetAgentEventsForTest();
   resetDiagnosticEventsForTest();
   resetGlobalHookRunner();
-  resetCodexRateLimitCacheForTests();
   vi.restoreAllMocks();
   vi.unstubAllEnvs();
   for (const tempDir of tempDirs) {
@@ -863,10 +861,11 @@ describe("CodexAppServerEventProjector", () => {
   });
 
   it("uses Codex rate-limit resets for usage-limit app-server errors", async () => {
-    const projector = await createProjector();
     const resetsAt = Math.ceil(Date.now() / 1000) + 120;
+    const projector = await createProjector(undefined, {
+      readRecentRateLimits: () => rateLimitsUpdated(resetsAt).params,
+    });
 
-    await projector.handleNotification(rateLimitsUpdated(resetsAt));
     await projector.handleNotification(
       forCurrentTurn("error", {
         error: {
@@ -887,10 +886,11 @@ describe("CodexAppServerEventProjector", () => {
   });
 
   it("uses Codex rate-limit resets for failed turns", async () => {
-    const projector = await createProjector();
     const resetsAt = Math.ceil(Date.now() / 1000) + 120;
+    const projector = await createProjector(undefined, {
+      readRecentRateLimits: () => rateLimitsUpdated(resetsAt).params,
+    });
 
-    await projector.handleNotification(rateLimitsUpdated(resetsAt));
     await projector.handleNotification(
       forCurrentTurn("turn/completed", {
         turn: {
@@ -914,9 +914,8 @@ describe("CodexAppServerEventProjector", () => {
   });
 
   it("uses a recent Codex rate-limit snapshot when failed turns omit reset details", async () => {
-    const projector = await createProjector();
     const resetsAt = Math.ceil(Date.now() / 1000) + 120;
-    rememberCodexRateLimits({
+    const rateLimits = {
       rateLimits: {
         limitId: "codex",
         limitName: "Codex",
@@ -927,6 +926,9 @@ describe("CodexAppServerEventProjector", () => {
         rateLimitReachedType: "rate_limit_reached",
       },
       rateLimitsByLimitId: null,
+    };
+    const projector = await createProjector(undefined, {
+      readRecentRateLimits: () => rateLimits,
     });
 
     await projector.handleNotification(
@@ -978,19 +980,19 @@ describe("CodexAppServerEventProjector", () => {
     expect(result.promptErrorSource).toBe("prompt");
   });
 
-  it("normalizes snake_case current token usage fields", async () => {
+  it("normalizes current app-server token usage", async () => {
     const projector = await createProjector();
 
     await projector.handleNotification(agentMessageDelta("done"));
     await projector.handleNotification(
       forCurrentTurn("thread/tokenUsage/updated", {
         tokenUsage: {
-          total: { total_tokens: 1_000_000 },
-          last_token_usage: {
-            total_tokens: 17,
-            input_tokens: 8,
-            cached_input_tokens: 3,
-            output_tokens: 9,
+          total: { totalTokens: 1_000_000 },
+          last: {
+            totalTokens: 17,
+            inputTokens: 8,
+            cachedInputTokens: 3,
+            outputTokens: 9,
           },
         },
       }),

extensions/codex/src/app-server/event-projector.ts

@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ import type { AssistantMessage, Usage } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/llm";
 import { saveMediaBuffer } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/media-store";
 import { asDateTimestampMs } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/number-runtime";
 import { resolveCodexLocalRuntimeAttribution } from "./local-runtime-attribution.js";
-import {
-  readCodexNotificationThreadId,
-  readCodexNotificationTurnId,
-} from "./notification-correlation.js";
+import { isCodexNotificationForTurn } from "./notification-correlation.js";
 import { readCodexTurn } from "./protocol-validators.js";
 import {
   isJsonObject,
@@ -40,7 +37,6 @@ import {
   type JsonObject,
   type JsonValue,
 } from "./protocol.js";
-import { readRecentCodexRateLimits, rememberCodexRateLimits } from "./rate-limit-cache.js";
 import { formatCodexUsageLimitErrorMessage } from "./rate-limits.js";
 import { readCodexMirroredSessionHistoryMessages } from "./session-history.js";
 import {
@@ -65,6 +61,7 @@ export type CodexAppServerToolTelemetry = {
 
 export type CodexAppServerEventProjectorOptions = {
   nativePostToolUseRelayEnabled?: boolean;
+  readRecentRateLimits?: () => JsonValue | undefined;
   trajectoryRecorder?: CodexTrajectoryRecorder | null;
 };
 
@@ -92,22 +89,6 @@ const ZERO_USAGE: Usage = {
   },
 };
 
-const CURRENT_TOKEN_USAGE_KEYS = [
-  "last",
-  "current",
-  "lastCall",
-  "lastCallUsage",
-  "lastTokenUsage",
-  "last_token_usage",
-] as const;
-
-const CODEX_PROMPT_TOTAL_INPUT_KEYS = [
-  "inputTokens",
-  "input_tokens",
-  "promptTokens",
-  "prompt_tokens",
-] as const;
-
 const MAX_TOOL_OUTPUT_DELTA_MESSAGES_PER_ITEM = 20;
 const TOOL_TRANSCRIPT_OUTPUT_MAX_CHARS = 12_000;
 const MISSING_TOOL_RESULT_ERROR =
@@ -203,8 +184,6 @@ export class CodexAppServerEventProjector {
   private tokenUsage: ReturnType<typeof normalizeUsage>;
   private guardianReviewCount = 0;
   private completedCompactionCount = 0;
-  private latestRateLimits: JsonValue | undefined;
-
   constructor(
     private readonly params: EmbeddedRunAttemptParams,
     private readonly threadId: string,
@@ -241,11 +220,6 @@ export class CodexAppServerEventProjector {
     if (!params) {
       return;
     }
-    if (notification.method === "account/rateLimits/updated") {
-      this.latestRateLimits = params;
-      rememberCodexRateLimits(params);
-      return;
-    }
     if (isHookNotificationMethod(notification.method)) {
       if (!this.isHookNotificationForCurrentThread(params)) {
         return;
@@ -298,7 +272,7 @@ export class CodexAppServerEventProjector {
         await this.handleRawResponseItemCompleted(params);
         break;
       case "error":
-        if (readBooleanAlias(params, ["willRetry", "will_retry"]) === true) {
+        if (params.willRetry === true) {
           break;
         }
         this.promptError = this.formatCodexErrorMessage(params) ?? "codex app-server error";
@@ -709,9 +683,7 @@ export class CodexAppServerEventProjector {
 
   private handleTokenUsage(params: JsonObject): void {
     const tokenUsage = isJsonObject(params.tokenUsage) ? params.tokenUsage : undefined;
-    const current =
-      (tokenUsage ? readFirstJsonObject(tokenUsage, CURRENT_TOKEN_USAGE_KEYS) : undefined) ??
-      readFirstJsonObject(params, CURRENT_TOKEN_USAGE_KEYS);
+    const current = tokenUsage && isJsonObject(tokenUsage.last) ? tokenUsage.last : undefined;
     if (!current) {
       return;
     }
@@ -782,7 +754,7 @@ export class CodexAppServerEventProjector {
         formatCodexUsageLimitErrorMessage({
           message: turn.error?.message,
           codexErrorInfo: turn.error?.codexErrorInfo as JsonValue | null | undefined,
-          rateLimits: this.latestRateLimits ?? readRecentCodexRateLimits(),
+          rateLimits: this.options.readRecentRateLimits?.(),
         }) ??
         turn.error?.message ??
         "codex app-server turn failed";
@@ -1689,7 +1661,7 @@ export class CodexAppServerEventProjector {
       formatCodexUsageLimitErrorMessage({
         message: error ? readString(error, "message") : undefined,
         codexErrorInfo: error?.codexErrorInfo,
-        rateLimits: this.latestRateLimits ?? readRecentCodexRateLimits(),
+        rateLimits: this.options.readRecentRateLimits?.(),
       }) ?? readCodexErrorNotificationMessage(params)
     );
   }
@@ -1884,9 +1856,7 @@ export class CodexAppServerEventProjector {
   }
 
   private isNotificationForTurn(params: JsonObject): boolean {
-    const threadId = readCodexNotificationThreadId(params);
-    const turnId = readNotificationTurnId(params);
-    return threadId === this.threadId && turnId === this.turnId;
+    return isCodexNotificationForTurn(params, this.threadId, this.turnId);
   }
 
   private isHookNotificationForCurrentThread(params: JsonObject): boolean {
@@ -1900,10 +1870,6 @@ function isHookNotificationMethod(method: string): method is "hook/started" | "h
   return method === "hook/started" || method === "hook/completed";
 }
 
-function readNotificationTurnId(record: JsonObject): string | undefined {
-  return readCodexNotificationTurnId(record);
-}
-
 function readString(record: JsonObject, key: string): string | undefined {
   const value = record[key];
   return typeof value === "string" ? value : undefined;
@@ -1993,21 +1959,6 @@ function readNonNegativeInteger(record: JsonObject, key: string): number | undef
   return value !== undefined && Number.isInteger(value) && value >= 0 ? value : undefined;
 }
 
-function readBoolean(record: JsonObject, key: string): boolean | undefined {
-  const value = record[key];
-  return typeof value === "boolean" ? value : undefined;
-}
-
-function readBooleanAlias(record: JsonObject, keys: readonly string[]): boolean | undefined {
-  for (const key of keys) {
-    const value = readBoolean(record, key);
-    if (value !== undefined) {
-      return value;
-    }
-  }
-  return undefined;
-}
-
 function readCodexErrorNotificationMessage(record: JsonObject): string | undefined {
   const error = record.error;
   if (isJsonObject(error)) {
@@ -2035,52 +1986,19 @@ function readHookOutputEntries(
   });
 }
 
-function readFirstJsonObject(record: JsonObject, keys: readonly string[]): JsonObject | undefined {
-  for (const key of keys) {
-    const value = record[key];
-    if (isJsonObject(value)) {
-      return value;
-    }
-  }
-  return undefined;
-}
-
-function readNumberAlias(record: JsonObject, keys: readonly string[]): number | undefined {
-  for (const key of keys) {
-    const value = readNumber(record, key);
-    if (value !== undefined) {
-      return value;
-    }
-  }
-  return undefined;
-}
-
 function normalizeCodexTokenUsage(record: JsonObject): ReturnType<typeof normalizeUsage> {
-  const promptTotalInput = readNumberAlias(record, CODEX_PROMPT_TOTAL_INPUT_KEYS);
-  const cacheRead = readNumberAlias(record, [
-    "cachedInputTokens",
-    "cached_input_tokens",
-    "cacheRead",
-    "cache_read",
-    "cache_read_input_tokens",
-    "cached_tokens",
-  ]);
+  const promptTotalInput = readNumber(record, "inputTokens");
+  const cacheRead = readNumber(record, "cachedInputTokens");
   const input =
     promptTotalInput !== undefined && cacheRead !== undefined
       ? Math.max(0, promptTotalInput - cacheRead)
-      : (promptTotalInput ?? readNumber(record, "input"));
+      : promptTotalInput;
 
   return normalizeUsage({
     input,
-    output: readNumberAlias(record, ["outputTokens", "output_tokens", "output"]),
+    output: readNumber(record, "outputTokens"),
     cacheRead,
-    cacheWrite: readNumberAlias(record, [
-      "cacheWrite",
-      "cache_write",
-      "cacheCreationInputTokens",
-      "cache_creation_input_tokens",
-    ]),
-    total: readNumberAlias(record, ["totalTokens", "total_tokens", "total"]),
+    total: readNumber(record, "totalTokens"),
   });
 }
 

extensions/codex/src/app-server/models.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import type { CodexAppServerClient } from "./client.js";
 import type { CodexAppServerStartOptions } from "./config.js";
 import { readCodexModelListResponse } from "./protocol-validators.js";
 import type { CodexModel, CodexReasoningEffortOption } from "./protocol.js";
+import {
+  createIsolatedCodexAppServerClient,
+  leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient,
+} from "./shared-client.js";
 
 /** Normalized model metadata returned by the Codex app-server model listing helper. */
 export type CodexAppServerModel = {
@@ -36,10 +40,11 @@ export type CodexAppServerListModelsOptions = {
   includeHidden?: boolean;
   timeoutMs?: number;
   startOptions?: CodexAppServerStartOptions;
-  authProfileId?: string;
+  authProfileId?: string | null;
   agentDir?: string;
   config?: Parameters<typeof resolveCodexAppServerAuthProfileIdForAgent>[0]["config"];
   sharedClient?: boolean;
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
 };
 
 /** Lists one Codex app-server model page using the configured auth/client options. */
@@ -54,27 +59,37 @@ export async function listCodexAppServerModels(
 /** Walks Codex app-server model pages until exhaustion or the max-page guard. */
 export async function listAllCodexAppServerModels(
   options: CodexAppServerListModelsOptions & { maxPages?: number } = {},
+): Promise<CodexAppServerModelListResult> {
+  return await withCodexAppServerModelClient(options, async ({ client, timeoutMs }) =>
+    listAllCodexAppServerModelsWithClient(client, { ...options, timeoutMs }),
+  );
+}
+
+/** Walks all model pages on an already-owned physical app-server client. */
+export async function listAllCodexAppServerModelsWithClient(
+  client: CodexAppServerClient,
+  options: CodexAppServerListModelsOptions & { maxPages?: number } = {},
 ): Promise<CodexAppServerModelListResult> {
   const maxPages = normalizeMaxPages(options.maxPages);
-  return await withCodexAppServerModelClient(options, async ({ client, timeoutMs }) => {
-    const models: CodexAppServerModel[] = [];
-    let cursor = options.cursor;
-    let nextCursor: string | undefined;
-    for (let page = 0; page < maxPages; page += 1) {
-      const result = await requestModelListPage(client, {
-        ...options,
-        timeoutMs,
-        cursor,
-      });
-      models.push(...result.models);
-      nextCursor = result.nextCursor;
-      if (!nextCursor) {
-        return { models };
-      }
-      cursor = nextCursor;
+  const timeoutMs = options.timeoutMs ?? 2500;
+  const models: CodexAppServerModel[] = [];
+  let cursor = options.cursor;
+  let nextCursor: string | undefined;
+  for (let page = 0; page < maxPages; page += 1) {
+    options.signal?.throwIfAborted();
+    const result = await requestModelListPage(client, {
+      ...options,
+      timeoutMs,
+      cursor,
+    });
+    models.push(...result.models);
+    nextCursor = result.nextCursor;
+    if (!nextCursor) {
+      return { models };
     }
-    return { models, nextCursor, truncated: true };
-  });
+    cursor = nextCursor;
+  }
+  return { models, nextCursor, truncated: true };
 }
 
 async function withCodexAppServerModelClient<T>(
@@ -83,33 +98,32 @@ async function withCodexAppServerModelClient<T>(
 ): Promise<T> {
   const timeoutMs = options.timeoutMs ?? 2500;
   const useSharedClient = options.sharedClient !== false;
-  const {
-    createIsolatedCodexAppServerClient,
-    getLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient,
-    releaseLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient,
-  } = await import("./shared-client.js");
-  const client = useSharedClient
-    ? await getLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient({
+  const clientLease = useSharedClient
+    ? await leaseSharedCodexAppServerClient({
         startOptions: options.startOptions,
         timeoutMs,
         authProfileId: options.authProfileId,
         agentDir: options.agentDir,
         config: options.config,
+        abandonSignal: options.signal,
       })
-    : await createIsolatedCodexAppServerClient({
-        startOptions: options.startOptions,
-        timeoutMs,
-        authProfileId: options.authProfileId,
-        agentDir: options.agentDir,
-        config: options.config,
-      });
+    : undefined;
+  const client =
+    clientLease?.client ??
+    (await createIsolatedCodexAppServerClient({
+      startOptions: options.startOptions,
+      timeoutMs,
+      authProfileId: options.authProfileId,
+      agentDir: options.agentDir,
+      config: options.config,
+    }));
   try {
     return await run({ client, timeoutMs });
   } finally {
     if (useSharedClient) {
-      releaseLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient(client);
+      clientLease?.release();
     } else {
-      client.close();
+      await client.closeAndWait({ exitTimeoutMs: 2_000, forceKillDelayMs: 250 });
     }
   }
 }
@@ -125,7 +139,7 @@ async function requestModelListPage(
       cursor: options.cursor ?? null,
       includeHidden: options.includeHidden ?? null,
     },
-    { timeoutMs: options.timeoutMs },
+    { timeoutMs: options.timeoutMs, signal: options.signal },
   );
   return readModelListResult(response);
 }

extensions/codex/src/app-server/native-execution-policy.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
  */
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-contracts";
 import { resolveSandboxRuntimeStatus } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/sandbox";
-import { getSessionEntry, type SessionEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/session-store-runtime";
+import {
+  loadSessionStore,
+  resolveSessionStoreEntry,
+  resolveStorePath,
+  type SessionEntry,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/session-store-runtime";
 
 type ExecHost = "sandbox" | "gateway" | "node";
 type ExecTarget = "auto" | ExecHost;
@@ -45,19 +50,17 @@ export function resolveCodexNativeExecutionPolicy(params: {
   const config = params.config ?? {};
   const sessionKey = params.sessionKey?.trim() || params.sessionId?.trim() || undefined;
   const agentId = resolvePolicyAgentId({ config, sessionKey, agentId: params.agentId });
-  const canReadSessionEntry =
-    params.readRuntimeSessionEntry &&
-    shouldReadRuntimeSessionEntry({ config, sessionKey, agentId: params.agentId });
   const sessionEntry =
     params.sessionEntry ??
-    (canReadSessionEntry && sessionKey
-      ? readRuntimeSessionEntryBestEffort({ sessionKey, agentId })
+    (params.readRuntimeSessionEntry && sessionKey
+      ? readRuntimeSessionEntryBestEffort(config, sessionKey, agentId)
       : undefined);
   const sandboxAvailable =
     params.sandboxAvailable ??
     (sessionKey
       ? resolveSandboxRuntimeStatus({
           cfg: config,
+          agentId,
           sessionKey,
         }).sandboxed
       : false);
@@ -230,16 +233,17 @@ function resolveEffectiveExecHost(params: {
   return params.requestedExecHost;
 }
 
-function readRuntimeSessionEntryBestEffort(params: {
-  sessionKey: string;
-  agentId: string;
-}): SessionEntry | undefined {
+function readRuntimeSessionEntryBestEffort(
+  config: OpenClawConfig,
+  sessionKey: string,
+  agentId: string,
+): SessionEntry | undefined {
   try {
-    return getSessionEntry({
-      sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
-      agentId: params.agentId,
-      hydrateSkillPromptRefs: false,
-    });
+    const storePath = resolveStorePath(config.session?.store, { agentId });
+    return resolveSessionStoreEntry({
+      store: loadSessionStore(storePath, { skipCache: true }),
+      sessionKey,
+    }).existing;
   } catch {
     return undefined;
   }

extensions/codex/src/app-server/native-hook-relay.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   addTimerTimeoutGraceMs,
   finiteSecondsToTimerSafeMilliseconds,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/number-runtime";
-import type { CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions } from "./config.js";
 import type { JsonObject, JsonValue } from "./protocol.js";
 
 /** Codex hook events that can be registered through OpenClaw's native relay. */
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ export const CODEX_NATIVE_HOOK_RELAY_EVENTS: readonly NativeHookRelayEvent[] = [
   "before_agent_finalize",
 ] as const;
 
-const CODEX_NATIVE_HOOK_RELAY_EVENTS_WITH_APP_SERVER_APPROVALS =
-  CODEX_NATIVE_HOOK_RELAY_EVENTS.filter((event) => event !== "permission_request");
 const CODEX_NATIVE_HOOK_RELAY_MIN_TTL_MS = 30 * 60_000;
 /** Extra relay lifetime after the expected turn budget, preventing late hook drops. */
 export const CODEX_NATIVE_HOOK_RELAY_TTL_GRACE_MS = 5 * 60_000;
@@ -149,9 +146,8 @@ export function createCodexNativeHookRelay(params: {
     allowedEvents: params.events,
     ttlMs: resolveCodexNativeHookRelayTtlMs({
       explicitTtlMs: params.options?.ttlMs,
-      attemptTimeoutMs: params.attemptTimeoutMs,
-      startupTimeoutMs: params.startupTimeoutMs,
-      turnStartTimeoutMs: params.turnStartTimeoutMs,
+      operationBudgetMs:
+        params.attemptTimeoutMs + params.startupTimeoutMs + params.turnStartTimeoutMs,
     }),
     signal: params.signal,
     command: {
@@ -163,38 +159,27 @@ export function createCodexNativeHookRelay(params: {
   });
 }
 
-/** Selects the native hook events Codex should install for the current approval mode. */
+/** Selects the native hook events Codex should install for this thread. */
 export function resolveCodexNativeHookRelayEvents(params: {
   configuredEvents?: readonly NativeHookRelayEvent[];
-  appServer: Pick<CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions, "approvalPolicy">;
 }): readonly NativeHookRelayEvent[] {
   if (params.configuredEvents?.length) {
     return params.configuredEvents;
   }
-  // Codex emits PermissionRequest before the app-server approval reviewer has
-  // resolved the command. In native approval modes, let Codex's app-server
-  // approval bridge own the real escalation instead of surfacing a stale
-  // pre-guardian OpenClaw plugin approval prompt.
-  return params.appServer.approvalPolicy === "never"
-    ? CODEX_NATIVE_HOOK_RELAY_EVENTS
-    : CODEX_NATIVE_HOOK_RELAY_EVENTS_WITH_APP_SERVER_APPROVALS;
+  // Thread config is fixed before Codex reports the authoritative provider.
+  // Install the stable superset; the relay defers permission prompts from guarded turns.
+  return CODEX_NATIVE_HOOK_RELAY_EVENTS;
 }
 
 /** Derives the native hook relay TTL from the turn budget unless explicitly configured. */
 export function resolveCodexNativeHookRelayTtlMs(params: {
   explicitTtlMs: number | undefined;
-  attemptTimeoutMs: number;
-  startupTimeoutMs: number;
-  turnStartTimeoutMs: number;
+  operationBudgetMs: number;
 }): number {
   if (params.explicitTtlMs !== undefined) {
     return params.explicitTtlMs;
   }
-  const relayBudgetMs =
-    params.attemptTimeoutMs +
-    params.startupTimeoutMs +
-    params.turnStartTimeoutMs +
-    CODEX_NATIVE_HOOK_RELAY_TTL_GRACE_MS;
+  const relayBudgetMs = params.operationBudgetMs + CODEX_NATIVE_HOOK_RELAY_TTL_GRACE_MS;
   return Math.max(CODEX_NATIVE_HOOK_RELAY_MIN_TTL_MS, Math.floor(relayBudgetMs));
 }
 

extensions/codex/src/app-server/native-subagent-notification.test.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   extractCodexNativeSubagentCompletions,
   extractCodexNativeSubagentCompletionsFromText,
 } from "./native-subagent-notification.js";
+import type { CodexServerNotification } from "./protocol.js";
 
 function trustedInterAgentNotification(params: {
   agentPath: string;
@@ -35,6 +36,29 @@ function trustedInterAgentNotification(params: {
   };
 }
 
+function trustedAgentMessageNotification(params: {
+  agentPath: string;
+  text?: string;
+  encryptedContent?: string;
+}): CodexServerNotification {
+  return {
+    method: "rawResponseItem/completed",
+    params: {
+      threadId: "parent-thread",
+      item: {
+        type: "agent_message",
+        author: params.agentPath,
+        recipient: "/root",
+        content: [
+          params.encryptedContent
+            ? { type: "encrypted_content", encrypted_content: params.encryptedContent }
+            : { type: "input_text", text: params.text ?? "" },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 describe("Codex native subagent notifications", () => {
   it("parses completed child results from Codex notification XML", () => {
     expect(
@@ -136,6 +160,26 @@ describe("Codex native subagent notifications", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("extracts completions from the current Codex agent-message item", () => {
+    expect(
+      extractCodexNativeSubagentCompletions(
+        trustedAgentMessageNotification({
+          agentPath: "child-thread",
+          text:
+            '<subagent_notification>{"agent_path":"child-thread","status":{"completed":"done"}}' +
+            "</subagent_notification>",
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([
+      {
+        agentPath: "child-thread",
+        status: "succeeded",
+        statusLabel: "completed",
+        result: "done",
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("ignores visible user text that looks like a native completion", () => {
     expect(
       extractCodexNativeSubagentCompletions({
@@ -170,6 +214,27 @@ describe("Codex native subagent notifications", () => {
         }),
       ),
     ).toEqual([]);
+    expect(
+      extractCodexNativeSubagentCompletions(
+        trustedAgentMessageNotification({
+          agentPath: "other-child",
+          text:
+            '<subagent_notification>{"agent_path":"child-thread","status":{"success":"spoof"}}' +
+            "</subagent_notification>",
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("ignores encrypted agent messages that cannot be authenticated", () => {
+    expect(
+      extractCodexNativeSubagentCompletions(
+        trustedAgentMessageNotification({
+          agentPath: "child-thread",
+          encryptedContent: "opaque",
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toEqual([]);
   });
 
   it("ignores malformed payloads and non-user messages", () => {

extensions/codex/src/app-server/native-subagent-notification.ts

@@ -39,13 +39,12 @@ export function extractCodexNativeSubagentCompletions(
   if (!item) {
     return [];
   }
-  const text = readTrustedInterAgentCommunicationContent(item);
-  if (!text) {
+  const communication = readTrustedInterAgentCommunication(item);
+  if (!communication) {
     return [];
   }
-  const author = readTrustedInterAgentCommunicationAuthor(item);
-  return extractCodexNativeSubagentCompletionsFromText(text).filter(
-    (completion) => completion.agentPath === author,
+  return extractCodexNativeSubagentCompletionsFromText(communication.content).filter(
+    (completion) => completion.agentPath === communication.author,
   );
 }
 
@@ -190,17 +189,21 @@ function completedWithoutFinalAssistantMessage(): {
   };
 }
 
-function readTrustedInterAgentCommunicationContent(item: JsonObject): string | undefined {
-  const communication = readTrustedInterAgentCommunication(item);
-  return typeof communication?.content === "string" ? communication.content : undefined;
-}
+type TrustedInterAgentCommunication = {
+  author: string;
+  recipient: string;
+  content: string;
+};
 
-function readTrustedInterAgentCommunicationAuthor(item: JsonObject): string | undefined {
-  const communication = readTrustedInterAgentCommunication(item);
-  return typeof communication?.author === "string" ? communication.author : undefined;
-}
-
-function readTrustedInterAgentCommunication(item: JsonObject): JsonObject | undefined {
+function readTrustedInterAgentCommunication(
+  item: JsonObject,
+): TrustedInterAgentCommunication | undefined {
+  if (readString(item, "type") === "agent_message") {
+    const author = readString(item, "author")?.trim();
+    const recipient = readString(item, "recipient")?.trim();
+    const content = extractSingleTextPart(item, "input_text");
+    return author && recipient && content ? { author, recipient, content } : undefined;
+  }
   if (
     readString(item, "type") !== "message" ||
     readString(item, "role") !== "assistant" ||
@@ -208,7 +211,7 @@ function readTrustedInterAgentCommunication(item: JsonObject): JsonObject | unde
   ) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  const text = extractSingleTextPart(item);
+  const text = extractSingleTextPart(item, "output_text", "text");
   if (!text) {
     return undefined;
   }
@@ -221,18 +224,20 @@ function readTrustedInterAgentCommunication(item: JsonObject): JsonObject | unde
   if (!isJsonObject(parsed)) {
     return undefined;
   }
+  const author = typeof parsed.author === "string" ? parsed.author.trim() : "";
+  const recipient = typeof parsed.recipient === "string" ? parsed.recipient.trim() : "";
   if (
-    typeof parsed.author !== "string" ||
-    typeof parsed.recipient !== "string" ||
+    !author ||
+    !recipient ||
     typeof parsed.content !== "string" ||
     parsed.trigger_turn !== false
   ) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  return parsed;
+  return { author, recipient, content: parsed.content };
 }
 
-function extractSingleTextPart(item: JsonObject): string | undefined {
+function extractSingleTextPart(item: JsonObject, ...acceptedTypes: string[]): string | undefined {
   const content = item.content;
   if (!Array.isArray(content) || content.length !== 1) {
     return undefined;
@@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ function extractSingleTextPart(item: JsonObject): string | undefined {
     return undefined;
   }
   const type = readString(entry, "type");
-  if (type !== "output_text" && type !== "text") {
+  if (!type || !acceptedTypes.includes(type)) {
     return undefined;
   }
   return readString(entry, "text")?.trim();

extensions/codex/src/app-server/native-subagent-task-mirror.ts

@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ export class CodexNativeSubagentTaskMirror {
   }
 
   markAuthoritativeCompletionExpected(childThreadId: string): void {
-    // Local transcripts and V2 agent paths can supply the real result later.
-    // Remote V1 lacks both and must keep collab-completed as its fallback.
+    // The monitor recovers the authoritative result through app-server history.
+    // Keep collab completion as progress so it cannot finalize stale text first.
     this.expectedAuthoritativeRunIds.add(codexNativeSubagentRunId(childThreadId));
   }
 

extensions/codex/src/app-server/notification-correlation.ts

@@ -2,28 +2,7 @@
  * Correlates Codex app-server notifications with the active thread/turn so
  * projectors can ignore global or stale events without losing diagnostics.
  */
-import {
-  isJsonObject,
-  type CodexServerNotification,
-  type JsonObject,
-  type JsonValue,
-} from "./protocol.js";
-
-/** Debug-friendly correlation summary for a Codex app-server notification. */
-export type CodexNotificationCorrelation = {
-  method: string;
-  paramsKeys?: string[];
-  activeThreadId: string;
-  activeTurnId?: string;
-  threadId?: string;
-  turnId?: string;
-  nestedTurnThreadId?: string;
-  nestedTurnId?: string;
-  turnStatus?: string;
-  turnItemCount?: number;
-  matchesActiveThread: boolean;
-  matchesActiveTurn?: boolean;
-};
+import { isJsonObject, type JsonObject, type JsonValue } from "./protocol.js";
 
 /** Returns true when a notification payload belongs to the exact active thread and turn. */
 export function isCodexNotificationForTurn(
@@ -40,9 +19,10 @@ export function isCodexNotificationForTurn(
   );
 }
 
-/** Reads a thread id from either top-level notification params or nested turn payloads. */
+/** Reads a thread id from canonical top-level or nested thread payloads. */
 export function readCodexNotificationThreadId(record: JsonObject): string | undefined {
-  return readNestedTurnThreadId(record) ?? readString(record, "threadId");
+  const thread = isJsonObject(record.thread) ? record.thread : undefined;
+  return readString(record, "threadId") ?? (thread ? readString(thread, "id") : undefined);
 }
 
 /** Reads a turn id from either top-level notification params or nested turn payloads. */
@@ -50,50 +30,11 @@ export function readCodexNotificationTurnId(record: JsonObject): string | undefi
   return readNestedTurnId(record) ?? readString(record, "turnId");
 }
 
-/** Builds structured correlation details for logs when notification routing is ambiguous. */
-export function describeCodexNotificationCorrelation(
-  notification: CodexServerNotification,
-  active: { threadId: string; turnId?: string },
-): CodexNotificationCorrelation {
-  const params = isJsonObject(notification.params) ? notification.params : undefined;
-  const turn = params && isJsonObject(params.turn) ? params.turn : undefined;
-  const threadId = params ? readString(params, "threadId") : undefined;
-  const turnId = params ? readString(params, "turnId") : undefined;
-  const nestedTurnThreadId = turn ? readString(turn, "threadId") : undefined;
-  const nestedTurnId = turn ? readString(turn, "id") : undefined;
-  const resolvedThreadId = params ? readCodexNotificationThreadId(params) : undefined;
-  const resolvedTurnId = params ? readCodexNotificationTurnId(params) : undefined;
-  const matchesActiveThread = resolvedThreadId === active.threadId;
-  const matchesActiveTurn = active.turnId
-    ? matchesActiveThread && resolvedTurnId === active.turnId
-    : undefined;
-  const items = turn?.items;
-  return {
-    method: notification.method,
-    ...(params ? { paramsKeys: Object.keys(params).toSorted() } : {}),
-    activeThreadId: active.threadId,
-    ...(active.turnId ? { activeTurnId: active.turnId } : {}),
-    ...(threadId ? { threadId } : {}),
-    ...(turnId ? { turnId } : {}),
-    ...(nestedTurnThreadId ? { nestedTurnThreadId } : {}),
-    ...(nestedTurnId ? { nestedTurnId } : {}),
-    ...(turn ? { turnStatus: readString(turn, "status") } : {}),
-    ...(Array.isArray(items) ? { turnItemCount: items.length } : {}),
-    matchesActiveThread,
-    ...(matchesActiveTurn === undefined ? {} : { matchesActiveTurn }),
-  };
-}
-
 function readNestedTurnId(record: JsonObject): string | undefined {
   const turn = record.turn;
   return isJsonObject(turn) ? readString(turn, "id") : undefined;
 }
 
-function readNestedTurnThreadId(record: JsonObject): string | undefined {
-  const turn = record.turn;
-  return isJsonObject(turn) ? readString(turn, "threadId") : undefined;
-}
-
 function readString(record: JsonObject, key: string): string | undefined {
   const value = record[key];
   return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value.trim() : undefined;

extensions/codex/src/app-server/prompt-sections.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/** Joins non-empty Codex prompt sections with stable paragraph spacing. */
+export function joinCodexPromptSections(...sections: Array<string | undefined>): string {
+  return sections.filter((section): section is string => Boolean(section?.trim())).join("\n\n");
+}

extensions/codex/src/app-server/protocol-validators.test.ts

@@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ describe("assertCodexThreadStartResponse", () => {
     expect(result.thread.sessionId).toBe("session-1");
   });
 
-  it("normalizes missing id from sessionId", () => {
-    const response = makeMinimalResponse({ id: undefined, sessionId: "session-1" });
-    delete (response.thread as Record<string, unknown>).id;
-    const result = assertCodexThreadStartResponse(response);
-    expect(result.thread.id).toBe("session-1");
-    expect(result.thread.sessionId).toBe("session-1");
-  });
-
   it("throws on invalid response", () => {
     expect(() => assertCodexThreadStartResponse({})).toThrow("Invalid Codex app-server");
   });

extensions/codex/src/app-server/protocol-validators.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import errorNotificationSchema from "./protocol-generated/json/v2/ErrorNotificat
 import modelListResponseSchema from "./protocol-generated/json/v2/ModelListResponse.json" with { type: "json" };
 import threadResumeResponseSchema from "./protocol-generated/json/v2/ThreadResumeResponse.json" with { type: "json" };
 import threadStartResponseSchema from "./protocol-generated/json/v2/ThreadStartResponse.json" with { type: "json" };
-import turnCompletedNotificationSchema from "./protocol-generated/json/v2/TurnCompletedNotification.json" with { type: "json" };
 import turnStartResponseSchema from "./protocol-generated/json/v2/TurnStartResponse.json" with { type: "json" };
 import type {
   CodexDynamicToolCallParams,
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ import type {
   CodexThreadResumeResponse,
   CodexThreadStartResponse,
   CodexTurn,
-  CodexTurnCompletedNotification,
   CodexTurnStartResponse,
 } from "./protocol.js";
 
@@ -221,9 +219,6 @@ const validateThreadResumeResponse = compileCodexSchema<CodexThreadResumeRespons
 );
 const validateThreadStartResponse =
   compileCodexSchema<CodexThreadStartResponse>(threadStartResponseSchema);
-const validateTurnCompletedNotification = compileCodexSchema<CodexTurnCompletedNotification>(
-  turnCompletedNotificationSchema,
-);
 const validateTurnStartResponse =
   compileCodexSchema<CodexTurnStartResponse>(turnStartResponseSchema);
 
@@ -298,19 +293,6 @@ export function readCodexTurn(value: unknown): CodexTurn | undefined {
   return response?.turn;
 }
 
-/** Reads a Codex turn/completed notification payload if it matches the protocol schema. */
-export function readCodexTurnCompletedNotification(
-  value: unknown,
-): CodexTurnCompletedNotification | undefined {
-  return readCodexShape(
-    validateTurnCompletedNotification,
-    normalizeWithDefaults(
-      turnCompletedNotificationSchema,
-      normalizeTurnCompletedNotification(value),
-    ),
-  );
-}
-
 function assertCodexShape<T>(validate: CodexValidator<T>, value: unknown, label: string): T {
   if (validate.check(value)) {
     return value;
@@ -375,9 +357,6 @@ function normalizeThreadResponse(value: unknown): unknown {
     if (typeof t.id === "string" && typeof t.sessionId !== "string") {
       return { ...value, thread: { ...thread, sessionId: t.id } };
     }
-    if (typeof t.sessionId === "string" && typeof t.id !== "string") {
-      return { ...value, thread: { ...thread, id: t.sessionId } };
-    }
   }
   return value;
 }
@@ -392,16 +371,6 @@ function normalizeTurnStartResponse(value: unknown): unknown {
   };
 }
 
-function normalizeTurnCompletedNotification(value: unknown): unknown {
-  if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value) || !("turn" in value)) {
-    return value;
-  }
-  return {
-    ...value,
-    turn: normalizeTurn((value as { turn?: unknown }).turn),
-  };
-}
-
 function formatValidationErrors(validate: CodexValidator<unknown>, value: unknown): string {
   const errors = validate.errors(value);
   if (!errors || errors.length === 0) {

extensions/codex/src/app-server/protocol.ts

@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ export type CodexThreadResumeParams = JsonObject & {
   serviceTier?: CodexServiceTier | null;
   config?: JsonObject;
   developerInstructions?: string;
+  excludeTurns?: boolean;
   /** Retired by Codex 0.137, but still sent for supported custom app-server 0.125-0.136. */
   persistExtendedHistory?: boolean;
 };
@@ -146,7 +147,10 @@ export type CodexThreadResumeParams = JsonObject & {
 export type CodexThreadStartResponse = {
   thread: CodexThread;
   model: string;
-  modelProvider?: string | null;
+  modelProvider: string;
+  approvalPolicy: string | JsonObject;
+  approvalsReviewer: string;
+  sandbox: CodexSandboxPolicy;
 };
 
 export type CodexThreadForkParams = CodexThreadStartParams & {
@@ -162,7 +166,22 @@ export type CodexThreadForkResponse = CodexThreadStartResponse;
 export type CodexThreadResumeResponse = {
   thread: CodexThread;
   model: string;
-  modelProvider?: string | null;
+  modelProvider: string;
+  approvalPolicy: string | JsonObject;
+  approvalsReviewer: string;
+  sandbox: CodexSandboxPolicy;
+};
+
+export type CodexThreadReadParams = JsonObject & {
+  threadId: string;
+  includeTurns?: boolean;
+};
+
+export type CodexThreadReadResponse = {
+  thread: CodexThread & {
+    parentThreadId?: string | null;
+    turns?: JsonObject[];
+  };
 };
 
 export type CodexThreadInjectItemsParams = JsonObject & {
@@ -207,11 +226,10 @@ export type CodexTurnStartResponse = {
 
 export type CodexTurn = {
   id: string;
-  threadId: string;
   status?: string;
   error?: CodexErrorNotification["error"];
-  startedAt?: string | null;
-  completedAt?: string | null;
+  startedAt?: number | null;
+  completedAt?: number | null;
   durationMs?: number | null;
   items: CodexThreadItem[];
 };
@@ -229,6 +247,7 @@ export type CodexThread = {
   threadSource?: string | null;
   agentNickname?: string | null;
   agentRole?: string | null;
+  turns: CodexTurn[];
 };
 
 export type CodexThreadStatus =
@@ -564,6 +583,7 @@ type CodexAppServerRequestParamsOverride = {
   "environment/add": { environmentId: string; execServerUrl: string };
   "thread/fork": CodexThreadForkParams;
   "thread/inject_items": CodexThreadInjectItemsParams;
+  "thread/read": CodexThreadReadParams;
   "thread/start": CodexThreadStartParams;
   "thread/unsubscribe": CodexThreadUnsubscribeParams;
   "turn/interrupt": CodexTurnInterruptParams;
@@ -592,6 +612,7 @@ type CodexAppServerRequestResultMap = {
   "thread/fork": CodexThreadForkResponse;
   "thread/inject_items": JsonValue;
   "thread/list": JsonValue;
+  "thread/read": CodexThreadReadResponse;
   "thread/resume": CodexThreadResumeResponse;
   "thread/start": CodexThreadStartResponse;
   "thread/unsubscribe": JsonValue;
@@ -604,6 +625,14 @@ export function isJsonObject(value: unknown): value is JsonObject {
   return Boolean(value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value));
 }
 
+/** Reads the thread identity whose subscription the client retained on create. */
+export function readCodexThreadCreationResponseId(value: unknown): string | undefined {
+  if (!isJsonObject(value) || !isJsonObject(value.thread) || typeof value.thread.id !== "string") {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return value.thread.id.trim() || undefined;
+}
+
 export function isRpcResponse(message: RpcMessage): message is RpcResponse {
   return "id" in message && !("method" in message);
 }

extensions/codex/src/app-server/provider-capabilities.test.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import type { CodexAppServerClientFactory } from "./client-factory.js";
 import type { CodexAppServerClient } from "./client.js";
 import type { CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions } from "./config.js";
 import { resolveCodexProviderWebSearchSupport } from "./provider-capabilities.js";
+import type { CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory } from "./shared-client.js";
 
 const appServer = {
   start: {},
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@ function createClientFactory(webSearch: boolean | boolean[]) {
   const values = Array.isArray(webSearch) ? [...webSearch] : [webSearch];
   const request = vi.fn(async () => ({ webSearch: values.shift() ?? false }));
   const client = { request } as unknown as CodexAppServerClient;
-  const clientFactory = vi.fn(async () => client) as unknown as CodexAppServerClientFactory;
-  return { clientFactory, request };
+  const release = vi.fn();
+  const clientFactory = vi.fn(async () => ({
+    client,
+    release,
+  })) as CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory;
+  return { clientFactory, release, request };
 }
 
 function resolveSupport(
-  clientFactory: CodexAppServerClientFactory,
+  clientFactory: CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory,
   modelProviderOverride?: string,
 ) {
   return resolveCodexProviderWebSearchSupport({
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ describe("resolveCodexProviderWebSearchSupport", () => {
   it("reports unknown support when app-server startup fails", async () => {
     const clientFactory = vi.fn(async () => {
       throw new Error("old app-server");
-    }) as unknown as CodexAppServerClientFactory;
+    }) as CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory;
 
     await expect(resolveSupport(clientFactory)).resolves.toBe("unknown");
   });
@@ -60,10 +64,15 @@ describe("resolveCodexProviderWebSearchSupport", () => {
       throw new Error("transient rpc failure");
     });
     const client = { request } as unknown as CodexAppServerClient;
-    const clientFactory = vi.fn(async () => client) as unknown as CodexAppServerClientFactory;
+    const release = vi.fn();
+    const clientFactory = vi.fn(async () => ({
+      client,
+      release,
+    })) as CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory;
 
     await expect(resolveSupport(clientFactory)).resolves.toBe("unknown");
     expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(release).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
   });
 
   it("keeps managed search when the configured provider reports no hosted support", async () => {

extensions/codex/src/app-server/provider-capabilities.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import type { EmbeddedRunAttemptParams } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-harness-runtime";
-import type { CodexAppServerClientFactory } from "./client-factory.js";
 import type { CodexAppServerClient } from "./client.js";
 import type { CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions } from "./config.js";
-import { releaseLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient } from "./shared-client.js";
+import type {
+  CodexAppServerClientLease,
+  CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory,
+} from "./shared-client.js";
 import type { CodexNativeWebSearchSupport } from "./web-search.js";
 
 async function readConfiguredProviderWebSearchSupport(params: {
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ export async function resolveCodexProviderWebSearchSupportForClient(params: {
 }
 
 export async function resolveCodexProviderWebSearchSupport(params: {
-  clientFactory: CodexAppServerClientFactory;
+  clientFactory: CodexAppServerClientLeaseFactory;
   appServer: CodexAppServerRuntimeOptions;
   authProfileId: string | undefined;
   agentDir: string;
@@ -53,17 +55,17 @@ export async function resolveCodexProviderWebSearchSupport(params: {
   modelProviderOverride: string | undefined;
   signal: AbortSignal;
 }): Promise<CodexNativeWebSearchSupport> {
-  let client: CodexAppServerClient | undefined;
+  let lease: CodexAppServerClientLease | undefined;
   try {
-    client = await params.clientFactory(
-      params.appServer.start,
-      params.authProfileId,
-      params.agentDir,
-      params.config,
-      { timeoutMs: params.appServer.requestTimeoutMs },
-    );
+    lease = await params.clientFactory({
+      startOptions: params.appServer.start,
+      authProfileId: params.authProfileId,
+      agentDir: params.agentDir,
+      config: params.config,
+      timeoutMs: params.appServer.requestTimeoutMs,
+    });
     return await resolveCodexProviderWebSearchSupportForClient({
-      client,
+      client: lease.client,
       timeoutMs: params.appServer.requestTimeoutMs,
       modelProviderOverride: params.modelProviderOverride,
       signal: params.signal,
@@ -71,8 +73,6 @@ export async function resolveCodexProviderWebSearchSupport(params: {
   } catch {
     return "unknown";
   } finally {
-    if (client) {
-      releaseLeasedSharedCodexAppServerClient(client);
-    }
+    lease?.release();
   }
 }

extensions/codex/src/app-server/rate-limit-cache.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// Codex tests cover physical-client rate-limit snapshot ownership and rolling merges.
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { CodexAppServerClient } from "./client.js";
+import {
+  mergeCodexRateLimitsUpdate,
+  readCodexRateLimitsRevision,
+  readRecentCodexRateLimits,
+  rememberCodexRateLimitsRead,
+} from "./rate-limit-cache.js";
+
+function clientIdentity(): CodexAppServerClient {
+  return {} as unknown as CodexAppServerClient;
+}
+
+describe("Codex rate-limit cache", () => {
+  it("isolates snapshots by physical client", () => {
+    const first = clientIdentity();
+    const second = clientIdentity();
+    expect(readCodexRateLimitsRevision(first)).toBe(0);
+    rememberCodexRateLimitsRead(first, { rateLimits: { limitId: "first" } }, 100);
+    rememberCodexRateLimitsRead(second, { rateLimits: { limitId: "second" } }, 200);
+    expect(readCodexRateLimitsRevision(first, "first")).toBe(1);
+    expect(readCodexRateLimitsRevision(second, "second")).toBe(1);
+
+    expect(readRecentCodexRateLimits(first, { nowMs: 250 })).toEqual({
+      rateLimits: { limitId: "first" },
+    });
+    expect(readRecentCodexRateLimits(second, { nowMs: 250 })).toEqual({
+      rateLimits: { limitId: "second" },
+    });
+    expect(readRecentCodexRateLimits(first, { nowMs: 301, maxAgeMs: 200 })).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(readRecentCodexRateLimits(second, { nowMs: 301, maxAgeMs: 200 })).toEqual({
+      rateLimits: { limitId: "second" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("merges sparse rolling updates without clearing account metadata", () => {
+    const client = clientIdentity();
+    const codexSnapshot = {
+      limitId: "codex",
+      limitName: "Codex",
+      primary: { usedPercent: 10, windowDurationMins: 300, resetsAt: 1000 },
+      secondary: { usedPercent: 20, windowDurationMins: 10_080, resetsAt: 2000 },
+      credits: { hasCredits: true, unlimited: false, balance: "5" },
+      individualLimit: {
+        limit: "25000",
+        used: "8000",
+        remainingPercent: 68,
+        resetsAt: 3000,
+      },
+      planType: "pro",
+      rateLimitReachedType: "rate_limit_reached",
+    };
+    const otherSnapshot = {
+      limitId: "codex_other",
+      limitName: "Other",
+      primary: { usedPercent: 30, windowDurationMins: 60, resetsAt: 4000 },
+      secondary: null,
+      credits: null,
+      individualLimit: null,
+      planType: "pro",
+      rateLimitReachedType: null,
+    };
+    rememberCodexRateLimitsRead(client, {
+      rateLimits: codexSnapshot,
+      rateLimitsByLimitId: { codex: codexSnapshot, codex_other: otherSnapshot },
+    });
+
+    mergeCodexRateLimitsUpdate(client, {
+      rateLimits: {
+        limitId: null,
+        limitName: null,
+        primary: { usedPercent: 90, windowDurationMins: 300, resetsAt: 5000 },
+        secondary: null,
+        credits: null,
+        individualLimit: null,
+        planType: null,
+        rateLimitReachedType: null,
+      },
+    });
+    mergeCodexRateLimitsUpdate(client, {
+      rateLimits: {
+        limitId: "codex_other",
+        limitName: null,
+        primary: { usedPercent: 75, windowDurationMins: 60, resetsAt: 6000 },
+        secondary: null,
+        credits: null,
+        individualLimit: null,
+        planType: null,
+        rateLimitReachedType: null,
+      },
+    });
+    expect(readCodexRateLimitsRevision(client)).toBe(2);
+    expect(readCodexRateLimitsRevision(client, "codex_other")).toBe(2);
+
+    const mergedCodexSnapshot = {
+      limitId: "codex",
+      limitName: null,
+      primary: { usedPercent: 90, windowDurationMins: 300, resetsAt: 5000 },
+      secondary: null,
+      credits: codexSnapshot.credits,
+      individualLimit: codexSnapshot.individualLimit,
+      planType: "pro",
+      rateLimitReachedType: null,
+    };
+    const mergedOtherSnapshot = {
+      limitId: "codex_other",
+      limitName: null,
+      primary: { usedPercent: 75, windowDurationMins: 60, resetsAt: 6000 },
+      secondary: null,
+      credits: codexSnapshot.credits,
+      individualLimit: codexSnapshot.individualLimit,
+      planType: "pro",
+      rateLimitReachedType: null,
+    };
+    expect(readRecentCodexRateLimits(client)).toEqual({
+      rateLimits: mergedCodexSnapshot,
+      rateLimitsByLimitId: {
+        codex: mergedCodexSnapshot,
+        codex_other: mergedOtherSnapshot,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});