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perf(server): request_secret stops re-reading the thread twice a second while it waits - #28790
While an agent waits on request_secret, the server re-reads the thread's runs and secret cards every 500 ms until someone answers, the run ends, or the wait times out. A card left open for the 10-minute default costs about 1,200 projection reads (about 3,600 SQLite SELECTs). At the 60-minute maximum it is about 7,200 reads. Each read just finds the card still pending.
Change
request_secret now waits the way t3_background_wait (waitForTask) already does. After it records the pending card, it takes the thread's event sequence and reads the card and run once. Then it subscribes to the stored turn-item.updated events for its card and the run.updated events for its run, starting from that sequence, and re-reads only when one of them arrives. Taking the sequence before the first read means an answer can't fall between the read and the subscription: anything earlier shows up in the read, and anything later is replayed.
The outcomes are unchanged:
saved and declined answers return as before;
a run that ends or disappears closes the card as cancelled;
a timeout closes the card and returns timed_out; interrupting the call also closes the card and propagates cancellation;
the secret is still delivered privately, by ref or by file.
The timeout, the card, the secret storage and the permission checks are untouched. Stream failures now say "Unable to watch the secret request" instead of reusing the read error.
Scope and approval
This is a small change for performance only. It makes no product change, so it needs no prior issue under CONTRIBUTING. A card's status changes only through secret_request.record, which emits turn-item.updated. A run's status changes only through run.updated, and thread deletion emits that too. So the events cover every case the poll caught. Open PRs #15622 and #24712 touch other parts of this file, and this diff stays off their lines.
Verification
Real path, run by @maria-rcks on 2026-11-10 (her comment): main 7171fdd771 against this head b68ea2ff3d on Linux. She drove the web app with Playwright and sent real Codex gpt-6.1-sol turns calling request_secret. The report did not record the Codex CLI version. Her server-trace count of ThreadManagementService.getThreadRecords reads during matching pending windows, quoted from that comment:
main: 15.005 seconds pending -> 30 reads, approximately 500 ms apart
pr: 15.006 seconds pending -> 0 reads
main save -> saved, secretRef included
pr save -> saved, secretRef included
Her other results on the head: save returned saved, decline declined, a 3 s timeout timed_out, stopping generation interrupted, and a file delivery saved.
vp test run apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.activity.test.ts passes 65/65 and 6/6. The new table a secret request returns on %s covers saved, declined, the run ending, an answer before the wait subscribes, an answer that lands between the first read and the subscription, and no answer (the timeout). Its mock numbers events and replays only those after the wait's sequence, so the between-read row fails if the sequence is taken after the first read. It runs on TestClock, and only the timeout row moves the clock. On the base service file, five of the six rows never return, because the old loop only re-reads when the clock moves.
vp run check:changed passes format, lint, knip, typecheck and tests.
Synthetic regression cover: I measured reads with a throwaway test that is not committed. It keeps one card pending for 10 simulated minutes, with 50 unrelated turn-item events arriving midway, then answers it:
wait reads while pending
wait reads in total
result
base
1,201
1,202
saved
this PR
1
2
saved
Synthetic regression cover: a throwaway real-stack run, not committed. It uses the real EventSink, ProjectionStore and SecretRequests on in-memory SQLite, with a Codex replay parent. The tool call is held 3 s and then answered through SecretRequests.answer. Base made 8 getThreadRecords calls (50 SQL statements); this PR made 3 (40). Both returned saved with a secret ref. The two event streams add about 8 one-time statements.
No screen changes: the card and the tool result are the same, so there are no screenshots.
Not checked:
the full CI suites;
latency, since the base's wait depends on where the 500 ms poll lands.
request_secret re-read the thread's runs and secret cards every 500 ms
until the user answered, so a card left open for its 10 minute default
cost about 1,200 projection reads.
It now reads once after recording the card, then wakes only on stored
turn-item.updated events for its card and run.updated events for its
run, the same way task waits already do. Saved, declined, run-ended,
timed-out and interrupted outcomes are unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Secret requests now wait for relevant stored events instead of rereading the thread twice a second. Existing access checks, timeout limits, cancellation cleanup, and secret delivery remain unchanged, keeping the change's risk limited.
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Walkthrough
Secret-request waiting now uses thread events instead of polling. The service checks for an answer and for a missing or terminal run, then waits for matching updates. Tests cover saved and declined requests, answers available before or during the initial read, run termination, and timeout.
Changes: Secret request waiting
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Summary
Secret request state checks and event wait apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.activity.test.ts
The service checks request and run state, then waits for matching turn-item or run updates. It maps read and watch failures to orchestration errors and retains the existing timeout. Tests cover saved and declined requests, answers available before or during the initial read, run termination, and timeout cancellation.
sequenceDiagram
participant OrchestratorMcpService
participant ThreadEventStream
OrchestratorMcpService->>OrchestratorMcpService: Read request and run state
OrchestratorMcpService->>ThreadEventStream: Watch matching turn-item and run updates
ThreadEventStream->>OrchestratorMcpService: Deliver update
OrchestratorMcpService->>OrchestratorMcpService: Reread request and run state
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Suggested reviewers:adamulek123, juliusmarminge
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to b68ea
The secret request wait now responds to thread events instead of polling, with timeout, cancellation and private delivery behavior unchanged. No concrete merge-blocking risk was identified.
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The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections, and each is substantively filled in. The Problem section gives the polling cost and the reason for the change. The Change section explains the event-driven wait and why the sequence is taken before the first read. The Scope section explains why no prior issue is needed and cites the CONTRIBUTING exemption for small performance fixes. The Verification section reports a real-path run with a quoted trace, the test commands and results, synthetic read-count measurements, and what was not checked. The description also states that no screenshots apply. The template asks for the model and harness used, and the description includes a generated-with line that names models. Minor gaps: the Scope section relies on a performance-only argument rather than a triaged issue or maintainer approval, and the title is not shown in the provided text, so its conventional-commit form cannot be checked.
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Review comments at @apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts:
- Around line 1285-1377: Update the “an answer before the wait” case in the
`requestSecret` test so the answer commits after the initial thread read but
before subscription, and assert that the request still returns `saved`. Track
the committed event sequence in the `getThreadEventSequence` mock and make
`streamStoredEventsFrom` replay only queued events with a sequence greater than
`input.afterSequence`, so the test detects a lost event by timing out instead of
returning `saved`.
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… and the wait
The secret request mock now numbers its events and replays only those after
the wait's cursor. A new row saves the answer right after the first read and
before the wait subscribes.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…r and unsaved notes
The secret request table now provides NodeCrypto.layer and expects the
unsaved note main added to declined, cancelled and timed-out results. The
activity test's ThreadManagementService mock answers getThreadEventSequence
and streamStoredEventsFrom, which the event-driven wait calls.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Merged main and updated the request_secret test mocks for main's crypto layer and unsaved notes in b68ea2f. The secret request table now provides NodeCrypto.layer and expects the unsaved note on declined, cancelled and timed-out results. The activity test's mock now answers getThreadEventSequence and streamStoredEventsFrom, which the event wait calls.
tested exact head b68ea2ff3de53821a32d30eafb0e7d614061f679 on linux, after reproducing the polling on github/main (7171fdd7716b05dc1b4be40c26ac78e8bb35f80c). ran vp i and background vp run dev separately for each checkout, with isolated state and one dev server at a time.
used playwright from the repository with /usr/bin/google-chrome. added a project pointing at a real git repository through the web app, selected codex gpt-6.1-sol, and sent real provider turns calling request_secret. entered disposable verification values through the private card.
server trace transcript, counting ThreadManagementService.getThreadRecords spans during matching pending windows:
main: 15.005 seconds pending -> 30 reads, approximately 500 ms apart
pr: 15.006 seconds pending -> 0 reads
main save -> saved, secretRef included
pr save -> saved, secretRef included
pr decline -> declined
pr timeoutMs=3000 -> timed_out; card closed
pr stop generation -> interrupted; card closed
pr next turn, delivery=file -> saved; codex confirmed file exists and is nonempty
this measures idle projection reads through real provider turns, not response latency. no source instrumentation or mocks were used. the two existing focused mcp test files also passed on blacksmith: 71 tests. the pr reports 29 successful ci checks. no code changes were needed.
Not verified
native desktop, ios/android, other providers, remote/relay/tunnel connections, thread deletion, stream failures, the maximum wait, and the narrow answer-before-subscription race were not exercised in the running client. the existing focused tests cover the cursor race. no latency or cpu improvement claim is made.
Thanks @maria-rcks, this covers the gap the description listed as not checked: a live provider calling request_secret. Your trace shows the change working end to end. During a 15-second pending window, main made 30 getThreadRecords reads about 500 ms apart and this head made none. Save, decline, timeoutMs, stopping generation and file delivery on the next turn all ended as before.
Closing this: it is not a bug fix, and this repository now takes only bug fixes from outside contributors. The branch stays on my fork if it is useful.
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Problem
While an agent waits on
request_secret, the server re-reads the thread's runs and secret cards every 500 ms until someone answers, the run ends, or the wait times out. A card left open for the 10-minute default costs about 1,200 projection reads (about 3,600 SQLite SELECTs). At the 60-minute maximum it is about 7,200 reads. Each read just finds the card still pending.Change
request_secretnow waits the wayt3_background_wait(waitForTask) already does. After it records the pending card, it takes the thread's event sequence and reads the card and run once. Then it subscribes to the storedturn-item.updatedevents for its card and therun.updatedevents for its run, starting from that sequence, and re-reads only when one of them arrives. Taking the sequence before the first read means an answer can't fall between the read and the subscription: anything earlier shows up in the read, and anything later is replayed.The outcomes are unchanged:
timed_out; interrupting the call also closes the card and propagates cancellation;The timeout, the card, the secret storage and the permission checks are untouched. Stream failures now say "Unable to watch the secret request" instead of reusing the read error.
Scope and approval
This is a small change for performance only. It makes no product change, so it needs no prior issue under CONTRIBUTING. A card's status changes only through
secret_request.record, which emitsturn-item.updated. A run's status changes only throughrun.updated, and thread deletion emits that too. So the events cover every case the poll caught. Open PRs #15622 and #24712 touch other parts of this file, and this diff stays off their lines.Verification
Real path, run by @maria-rcks on 2026-11-10 (her comment): main
7171fdd771against this headb68ea2ff3don Linux. She drove the web app with Playwright and sent real Codexgpt-6.1-solturns callingrequest_secret. The report did not record the Codex CLI version. Her server-trace count ofThreadManagementService.getThreadRecordsreads during matching pending windows, quoted from that comment:Her other results on the head: save returned saved, decline declined, a 3 s timeout timed_out, stopping generation interrupted, and a file delivery saved.
vp test run apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.test.ts apps/server/src/mcp/OrchestratorMcpService.activity.test.tspasses 65/65 and 6/6. The new tablea secret request returns on %scovers saved, declined, the run ending, an answer before the wait subscribes, an answer that lands between the first read and the subscription, and no answer (the timeout). Its mock numbers events and replays only those after the wait's sequence, so the between-read row fails if the sequence is taken after the first read. It runs onTestClock, and only the timeout row moves the clock. On the base service file, five of the six rows never return, because the old loop only re-reads when the clock moves.vp run check:changedpasses format, lint, knip, typecheck and tests.Synthetic regression cover: I measured reads with a throwaway test that is not committed. It keeps one card pending for 10 simulated minutes, with 50 unrelated turn-item events arriving midway, then answers it:
SecretRequests.answer. Base made 8getThreadRecordscalls (50 SQL statements); this PR made 3 (40). Both returnedsavedwith a secret ref. The two event streams add about 8 one-time statements.No screen changes: the card and the tool result are the same, so there are no screenshots.
Not checked:
Prior PRs
request_secretand its private card.waitForTaskin the same file.Generated with GPT-6.1 Terra and Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol in T3 Code Nightly