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test(server): reproduce Codex background terminals surviving thread u…
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fix(server): settling a Codex thread stops its background terminals
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fix(server): cleaned Codex commands cannot wake a thread being unloaded
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fix(server): unloading a Codex thread suppresses wakes instead of dro…
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fix(server): mark unloading Codex turns under the terminalization permit
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150 changes: 138 additions & 12 deletions apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -3502,7 +3502,7 @@ describe("CodexAdapterV2 post-settle continuation", () => {
type: "emit_inbound",
label: "resume closing error",
frame: {
id: 4,
id: 5,
error: {
code: -32600,
message: `thread ${nativeThreadId} is closing; retry thread/resume after the thread is closed`,
Expand All @@ -3520,34 +3520,44 @@ describe("CodexAdapterV2 post-settle continuation", () => {
}).slice(0, 5),
{
type: "expect_outbound",
label: "unsubscribe",
label: "clean background terminals",
frame: {
id: 3,
method: "thread/backgroundTerminals/clean",
params: { threadId: nativeThreadId },
},
},
{ type: "emit_inbound", label: "clean result", frame: { id: 3, result: {} } },
{
type: "expect_outbound",
label: "unsubscribe",
frame: {
id: 4,
method: "thread/unsubscribe",
params: { threadId: nativeThreadId },
},
},
{
type: "emit_inbound",
label: "unsubscribe result",
frame: { id: 3, result: { status: "unsubscribed" } },
frame: { id: 4, result: { status: "unsubscribed" } },
},
{
type: "expect_outbound",
label: "resume closing thread",
frame: { id: 4, method: "thread/resume", params },
frame: { id: 5, method: "thread/resume", params },
},
...(closedFirst ? [closed, closingError] : [closingError, closed]),
{
type: "expect_outbound",
label: "retry identical resume",
frame: { id: 5, method: "thread/resume", params },
frame: { id: 6, method: "thread/resume", params },
},
{
type: "emit_inbound",
label: "retry result",
frame: {
id: 5,
id: 6,
result: {
thread: {
id: nativeThreadId,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -5276,18 +5286,37 @@ describe("CodexAdapterV2 post-settle continuation", () => {
arguments: { persistent: true, command: "tail -f" },
},
});
// Replies fence notification handling on the same protocol reader.
// Replies fence notification handling on the same protocol reader. Codex
// builds without background terminal cleanup leave closure to thread/closed.
const unsubscribe = (id: number, notifications: ReturnType<typeof notification>[] = []) => [
{
type: "expect_outbound" as const,
label: `clean-${id}`,
frame: {
id,
method: "thread/backgroundTerminals/clean",
params: { threadId: BG_NATIVE_THREAD },
},
},
{
type: "emit_inbound" as const,
label: `clean-error-${id}`,
frame: { id, error: { code: -32601, message: "method not found" } },
},
{
type: "expect_outbound" as const,
label: `unsubscribe-${id}`,
frame: { id, method: "thread/unsubscribe", params: { threadId: BG_NATIVE_THREAD } },
frame: {
id: id + 1,
method: "thread/unsubscribe",
params: { threadId: BG_NATIVE_THREAD },
},
},
...notifications,
{
type: "emit_inbound" as const,
label: `unsubscribe-result-${id}`,
frame: { id, result: { status: "notSubscribed" } },
frame: { id: id + 1, result: { status: "notSubscribed" } },
},
];
const closed = notification("thread/closed", { threadId: BG_NATIVE_THREAD });
Expand All @@ -5298,9 +5327,9 @@ describe("CodexAdapterV2 post-settle continuation", () => {
...(retainContext ? [monitor("inProgress")] : []),
backgroundExecTranscript.entries.at(-2)!,
...unsubscribe(4),
...unsubscribe(5, [notification("thread/closed", { threadId: "unrelated-thread" })]),
...unsubscribe(6, [closed]),
...unsubscribe(7, [
...unsubscribe(6, [notification("thread/closed", { threadId: "unrelated-thread" })]),
...unsubscribe(8, [closed]),
...unsubscribe(10, [
closed,
notification("item/completed", {
threadId: BG_NATIVE_THREAD,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -5387,6 +5416,103 @@ describe("CodexAdapterV2 post-settle continuation", () => {
),
);

// Codex never closes an unsubscribed thread on its own, so its background
// terminals outlive the settle unless unloading cleans them.
// Codex may report the killed command before or after it answers the clean,
// and an older Codex without the clean method still unsubscribes.
it.effect.each(["before-clean-result", "after-unsubscribe", "before-clean-failure"] as const)(
"cleans the thread's background terminals when unloading it (completion %s)",
(completionAt) =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const cleanedCompletion = {
type: "emit_inbound" as const,
label: "item/completed/command-cleaned",
frame: {
method: "item/completed",
params: {
item: backgroundCommandItem("completed"),
threadId: BG_NATIVE_THREAD,
turnId: BG_NATIVE_TURN,
},
},
};
const transcript = makeCodexReplayTranscript({
scenario: `codex-background-unload-clean-${completionAt}`,
entries: [
...backgroundExecTranscript.entries.slice(0, -1),
{
type: "expect_outbound",
label: "clean-background-terminals",
frame: {
id: 4,
method: "thread/backgroundTerminals/clean",
params: { threadId: BG_NATIVE_THREAD },
},
},
...(completionAt === "after-unsubscribe" ? [] : [cleanedCompletion]),
{
type: "emit_inbound",
label: "clean-background-terminals-result",
frame:
completionAt === "before-clean-failure"
? { id: 4, error: { code: -32601, message: "method not found" } }
: { id: 4, result: {} },
},
{
type: "expect_outbound",
label: "unsubscribe",
frame: {
id: 5,
method: "thread/unsubscribe",
params: { threadId: BG_NATIVE_THREAD },
},
},
...(completionAt === "after-unsubscribe" ? [cleanedCompletion] : []),
{
type: "emit_inbound",
label: "unsubscribe-result",
frame: { id: 5, result: { status: "unsubscribed" } },
},
],
});
const harness = yield* makeCodexReplayHarness(transcript);
yield* harness.runtime.startTurn(
makeCodexTestTurnInput({
threadId: harness.threadId,
providerThread: harness.providerThread,
now: yield* DateTime.now,
attemptId: RunAttemptId.make("attempt-codex-unload-clean"),
text: BG_PROMPT,
}),
);
yield* harness.firstTerminal;
yield* harness.runtime.unloadThread!({ providerThread: harness.providerThread });
assert.deepEqual(
harness.events.flatMap((event) =>
event.type === "turn_item.updated" &&
event.turnItem.nativeItemRef?.nativeId === BG_COMMAND_ITEM
? [event.turnItem.status]
: [],
),
completionAt === "after-unsubscribe"
? ["running", "interrupted"]
: ["running", "completed"],
);
assert.isFalse(yield* harness.hasPendingBackgroundWork);
assert.equal(harness.continuationRequests.length, 0);
}).pipe(
Effect.scoped,
Effect.provide(
Layer.mergeAll(
IdAllocator.layer,
McpProviderSessions.layer,
NodeServices.layer,
NodeCrypto.layer,
),
),
),
);

const backgroundStopCases = [true, false, "still_running", "thread_unloaded"] as const;
const makeBackgroundStopTranscript = (terminated: (typeof backgroundStopCases)[number]) => {
const stillRunning = terminated === "still_running";
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80 changes: 53 additions & 27 deletions apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts
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Expand Up @@ -1224,6 +1224,7 @@ interface ActiveCodexTurnContext {
capacityRetryAttempt?: number;
capacityRetryPending?: Deferred.Deferred<ActiveCodexTurnContext | undefined>;
closedCommandItemIds?: ReadonlySet<string>;
unloading?: boolean;
latestProviderFailure?: {
readonly nativeMessage: string;
readonly nativeCode: string | null;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -5100,36 +5101,40 @@ export const makeCodexAdapterV2 = Effect.fn("makeCodexAdapterV2")(function* (
});
});

// Unloading an idle thread kills its terminals without completing
// their command items, while the shared provider session stays alive.
// Closing or cleaning a thread kills its terminals, but their command
// items may never complete while the shared provider session stays alive.
const terminalizeClosedThreadCommands = Effect.fn(
"CodexAdapterV2.terminalizeClosedThreadCommands",
)(function* (nativeThreadId: string) {
const completedAt = yield* DateTime.now;
for (const context of (yield* Ref.get(settledTurns)).values()) {
if (context.providerThread.nativeThreadRef?.nativeId !== nativeThreadId) continue;
const commands = (yield* Ref.get(runningCommandItemsByTurn)).get(context.nativeTurnId);
if (commands !== undefined) {
context.closedCommandItemIds = new Set(commands.keys());
}
yield* terminalizeRunningCommandItems(
context,
context.nativeTurnId,
"interrupted",
completedAt,
);
yield* Ref.update(runningCommandItemsByTurn, (current) => {
const updated = new Map(current);
updated.delete(context.nativeTurnId);
return updated;
});
yield* releaseSettledTurnIfIdle(context.nativeTurnId);
}
}, turnTerminalizationPermit.withPermits(1));

yield* client.handleServerNotification("thread/closed", (payload) =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const closing = threadClosings.get(payload.threadId);
threadClosings.delete(payload.threadId);
if (closing !== undefined) yield* Deferred.succeed(closing, undefined);
const completedAt = yield* DateTime.now;
for (const context of (yield* Ref.get(settledTurns)).values()) {
if (context.providerThread.nativeThreadRef?.nativeId !== payload.threadId) continue;
const commands = (yield* Ref.get(runningCommandItemsByTurn)).get(
context.nativeTurnId,
);
if (commands !== undefined) {
context.closedCommandItemIds = new Set(commands.keys());
}
yield* terminalizeRunningCommandItems(
context,
context.nativeTurnId,
"interrupted",
completedAt,
);
yield* Ref.update(runningCommandItemsByTurn, (current) => {
const updated = new Map(current);
updated.delete(context.nativeTurnId);
return updated;
});
yield* releaseSettledTurnIfIdle(context.nativeTurnId);
}
}).pipe(Effect.orDie, turnTerminalizationPermit.withPermits(1)),
yield* terminalizeClosedThreadCommands(payload.threadId);
}).pipe(Effect.orDie),
);

yield* client.handleServerNotification("item/started", (payload) =>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -5353,6 +5358,7 @@ export const makeCodexAdapterV2 = Effect.fn("makeCodexAdapterV2")(function* (
if (
context.subagent === null &&
continuationRequests !== undefined &&
context.unloading !== true &&
!(yield* Ref.get(interruptingNativeTurns)).has(payload.turnId)
) {
const alreadyOffered = yield* Ref.modify(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -7813,12 +7819,32 @@ export const makeCodexAdapterV2 = Effect.fn("makeCodexAdapterV2")(function* (
),
),
),
// Dropping this connection's subscription lets the shared app-server
// shut the native thread (and its MCP servers) down once it is idle.
// Unsubscribing lets the shared app-server shut the native thread and its
// MCP servers down eventually, so background terminals are cleaned first.
unloadThread: Effect.fn("CodexAdapterV2.unloadThread")(
function* (unloadInput) {
const nativeThreadId = yield* getNativeThreadId(unloadInput.providerThread);
sessionApprovals.delete(nativeThreadId);
// Codex can report cleaned commands before it answers the clean; they must not wake the agent.
yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
for (const context of (yield* Ref.get(settledTurns)).values()) {
if (context.providerThread.nativeThreadRef?.nativeId === nativeThreadId) {
context.unloading = true;
}
}
}).pipe(turnTerminalizationPermit.withPermits(1));
yield* client.raw
.request("thread/backgroundTerminals/clean", { threadId: nativeThreadId })
.pipe(
Effect.timeout("5 seconds"),

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Reserve time for the unsubscribe response.

If clean times out and unsubscribe takes more than the remaining five seconds, the manager can time out before unsubscribe completes. It then retains the old linked-environments record, which can cause an unnecessary unload on a later resume. Give unsubscribe its own response budget.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts at line 7519:
Update the cleanup and unsubscribe timeout flow around Effect.timeout so unsubscribe receives its own five-second response budget, independent of time spent waiting for clean. Ensure the manager can complete the unsubscribe response before proceeding with linked-environments record handling.

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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Terminalize settled commands after an archive whose cleanup failed.

When thread/backgroundTerminals/clean fails or times out, the Effect.andThen(terminalizeClosedThreadCommands(...)) step is skipped. The archive branch then calls thread/archive and returns. That branch does not rely on thread/closed and does not terminalize the settled turns. Their running command items can stay tracked, and hasPendingBackgroundWork stays true while they remain.

Terminalize the settled turns after the archive succeeds:

Suggested fix 

               if (unloadInput.archive === true) {
                 yield* client.request("thread/archive", { threadId: nativeThreadId });
+                yield* terminalizeClosedThreadCommands(nativeThreadId);
                 return;
               }
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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts at line 7840:
Update the archive branch in the Codex adapter so it calls terminalizeClosedThreadCommands after thread/archive succeeds, even when background-terminal cleanup failed or timed out. Preserve the existing archive request and return behavior.

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Effect.catch((cause) =>
Effect.logWarning("orchestration-v2.codex-background-terminal-clean-failed", {
providerThreadId: unloadInput.providerThread.id,
cause,
}),
),
);
// Archive also unloads, inline and without thread/closed; resumeNativeThread
// unarchives it on the next turn.
if (unloadInput.archive === true) {
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