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Summary

Custom Responses providers cannot select the caller's real window or installation identifier, and shared auth preparation drops the original User-Agent/app version before transport construction. WebSocket handshake snapshots also discard those two headers. A gateway requiring the original metadata can therefore reject otherwise valid routed requests.

Add x-codex-window-id and x-codex-installation-id to the exact-name forwardClientHeaders allowlist. Preserve caller UA/app version in the WebSocket snapshot and restore permitted metadata after auth materialization using the existing metadata copier. This covers ordinary HTTP/WS Responses turns and the native compact fallback without replacing selected identity or widening credential forwarding. Provider header precedence and per-header opt-ins still apply.

Add a complete HTTP/WebSocket regression through real loopback listeners: for both key and noncanonical forward auth, successive turns select fully enabled, disabled, window-only, installation-only and statically overridden providers. The WebSocket cases use one actual socket, upgrade /v1/responses, send response.create, and inspect the upstream headers. Unit and compact-fallback coverage remains. Update configuration, architecture and privacy documentation. Closes #8192.

Owner decision and security review — pending

The PR stays in draft per @Ingwannu's #8192 comments. The project owner's decision on admitting both optional identifiers and explicit maintainer security review remain outstanding. Fork workflow approval is a separate step that awaits that review.

• Both identifiers remain off by default for custom providers and require separate choices. The example selects only the window identifier; the installation identifier can correlate requests across sessions.
• The copier fills only missing fields, preserving a selected Pool identity. Final transport policy still excludes unsupported fields, caller credentials, attestations and agent assertions on custom providers. No wildcard, generated identity, preset opt-in or identifier logging is added.
• Caller UA keeps the existing Responses fallback; app version and identifiers follow their provider opt-ins. Caller metadata does not establish trusted client identity or grant upstream access permission.
• This option controls headers only, not identifiers already in a request body. Removing a name stops this option copying it on later requests; it does not revoke copies already received, and configured provider headers remain authoritative.

Verification

Head b31c9cdcd945345a101407935a480003802fe7d6, based on dev fabc69ee1afa68e6f84d7326bcb2fd533d5be0ad. Bun 1.4.4 on macOS ARM64. Loopback tests use the repository runner's isolated environment outside the restricted sandbox. All online traffic in these regression fixtures is to local test servers. Runtime/test/build validation below was run at 9f7f6f9a; the final b31c9cdc follow-up changes two architecture-documentation lines only. Structure, privacy and diff checks passed again after that follow-up.

The new live test before the auth fix: 0 passed, 4 failed; original UA was replaced by Bun's default UA and app version was missing. After the fix: 4 passed, 0 failed, 220 assertions across 20 completed requests.

node_modules/.bin/bun run test \
  tests/responses/responses-forward-client-headers-live.test.ts \
  tests/responses/responses-forward-client-headers.test.ts \
  tests/responses/native-compaction-gateway.test.ts \
  tests/responses/native-compaction-gateway-credentials.test.ts \
  tests/responses/ws-endpoint.test.ts \
  tests/responses/codex-ws-handshake-validation.test.ts \
  tests/server/agent-assertion-auth.test.ts \
  tests/codex-integration/codex-installation-wire.test.ts \
  tests/test-layout.test.ts tests/test-layout-tooling.test.ts

• Focused suite: 184 passed, 0 failed, 1,599 assertions in 10 files.
• node_modules/.bin/bun run typecheck: passed, 2,336 files.
• node_modules/.bin/bun run structure:check, node_modules/.bin/bun run privacy:scan, and git diff --check: passed.
• In docs-site, ../node_modules/.bin/bun install --frozen-lockfile and ../node_modules/.bin/bun run build: passed; 641 pages and 93,173 internal links.
• node_modules/.bin/bun run test:changed: 50,357 passed, 230 skipped, 19 failed, 1 error, 825,401 assertions across 2,212 files (525.5 seconds, exit 1). This run is not green.

Reran all nine files containing failures/errors, with the same dependencies and default test timeout, on both the PR and unmodified dev at fabc69ee. Both produced 253 passed, 1 skipped, 16 failed, zero errors, 1,948 assertions across 270 tests (about 20 seconds each). All 16 failing names match; zero PR-only or base-only failures. The three other failures and the runtime error from the broad run did not recur in this narrower run. This comparison does not diagnose every baseline failure or turn the broad run green.

Failed-file comparison command (run on both worktrees)

node_modules/.bin/bun run test tests/adapters/anthropic/anthropic-fast-opt-in.test.ts tests/cli/cli-connect-readiness.test.ts tests/clients/t3code-client.test.ts tests/codex-integration/catalog-async-lifetime.test.ts tests/codex-integration/catalog-omit-disabled-native.test.ts tests/codex-integration/codex-composed-acceptance.test.ts tests/responses/responses-retained-reasoning-stream-recovery.test.ts tests/server/management-provider-validation.test.ts tests/update/update-stop-first.test.ts

Full-suite scope exception: changed-mode already selected 2,212 of 2,972 test files and took over eight minutes. A separate full-suite run was not attempted. The full ingress regressions, related auth/compact tests and current-base failure comparison provide local coverage; remaining files and platforms still need CI.

CodeRabbit inspected 9f7f6f9a and resolved both original inline review threads. Its subsequent review requested one clarification of transport-generated default User-Agent; b31c9cdc addresses that documentation comment and the reply has been posted. Current-head target/hygiene/label checks are pending or queued. Cross-platform CI 42482846652 and Catalog async contracts 42482846659 remain action_required, awaiting maintainer approval. None of these pending/blocked runs is reported as passing evidence.

Checklist

• Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
• Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
• Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults. Author checks are complete; explicit maintainer security review is pending.

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The PR stays in draft pending the owner decision, maintainer security review and outstanding validation.

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Walkthrough

The PR adds x-codex-window-id and x-codex-installation-id to the explicitly configured Responses client-header allowlist. It also retains caller-supplied user-agent and x-codex-app-version headers in WebSocket handshake snapshots and restores permitted metadata after credential materialization.

Changes: Client metadata forwarding

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Responses header allowlist and forwarding src/lib/provider-client-headers.ts, src/server/responses/core-auth.ts, tests/responses/responses-forward-client-headers.test.ts, tests/responses/native-compaction-gateway.test.ts, tests/responses/responses-forward-client-headers-live.test.ts, docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/adapters.md, docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/configuration/providers.md, structure/config.md, structure/transports/responses.md	The allowlist and its documentation add the two Codex identifiers. Metadata copying now applies to openai-responses providers as well as compaction-v1 recovery. Tests cover per-header opt-in, compact fallback, provider-header precedence, absent values, and rejected names.
WebSocket header snapshot src/server/ws-bridge.ts, src/server/responses/core-auth.ts, tests/responses/ws-endpoint.test.ts, tests/responses/responses-forward-client-headers-live.test.ts, structure/providers/codex-installation-identity.md	The WebSocket handshake snapshot retains caller-supplied user-agent and x-codex-app-version headers. Responses authentication restores permitted metadata after credential materialization while filling only missing fields. Tests cover custom-provider forwarding in key and forward auth modes.
Live test registration scripts/test-layout/layout-responses.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json	The new live forwarding test is mapped to the responses category in both layout files.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant WebSocketBridge
  participant CoreAuth
  participant Provider
  Caller->>WebSocketBridge: Send handshake headers
  WebSocketBridge->>CoreAuth: Reconstruct turn with retained headers
  CoreAuth->>Provider: Materialize credentials and restore permitted metadata

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Possibly related PRs

• lidge-jun/opencodex#8065: Defines the Pool installation identity projection that the metadata restoration preserves.
• lidge-jun/opencodex#8069: Includes Pool installation identity changes used by the forwarding path.
• lidge-jun/opencodex#7530: Changes blocked agent-assertion forwarding in the shared client-header and WebSocket bridge code.

Suggested reviewers: lidge-jun, ingwannu

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 9f7f6

The metadata-preservation fix is supported by the inspected request path. Merge risk is low; clarify that an omitted caller User-Agent can still produce a transport-default User-Agent upstream.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 66.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title "fix(responses): preserve Codex client metadata on routed requests" matches the main change. The PR adds x-codex-window-id and x-codex-installation-id to the forwardClientHeaders allowlist, …
Linked Issues check		[#8192] Requirements: per-provider, per-header opt-in for x-codex-window-id and x-codex-installation-id; caller values only; no generated identifiers; provider-header precedence; default-off; arbitrar…
Out of Scope Changes check		[#8192] Changes at head 9f7f6f9 against the merge base: - Allowlist additions (src/lib/provider-client-headers.ts): directly implement the requested identifier opt-ins. - core-auth.ts widening (opena…

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The title "fix(responses): preserve Codex client metadata on routed requests" matches the main change. The PR adds x-codex-window-id and x-codex-installation-id to the forwardClientHeaders allowlist, retains user-agent and x-codex-app-version on WebSocket handshakes, and copies permitted metadata into auth-materialized headers for routed Responses requests. The title is specific and conveys the primary change without file lists or vague terms. The conventional-commit prefix is accurate for a fix.

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Explanation

[#8192] Requirements: per-provider, per-header opt-in for x-codex-window-id and x-codex-installation-id; caller values only; no generated identifiers; provider-header precedence; default-off; arbitrary x-codex-* and credentials still rejected; reuse of existing Responses and compact metadata copying.

Code evidence at head 9f7f6f9 (whole PR, merge base fabc69e):

• src/lib/provider-client-headers.ts (~lines 29-31): the two identifier names are added to ALLOWED_FORWARDED_CLIENT_HEADERS. Other names stay rejected. Each header still needs an explicit provider selection, so default-off holds.
• src/server/responses/core-auth.ts (~lines 363-366): resolveResponsesCodexAuth now calls copyResponsesClientMetadata(headers, authInputHeaders, route.provider) for openai-responses routes as well as compaction-v1. The call passes the provider, so selection stays provider-scoped. The helper only copies values present in the caller input, so nothing is generated.
• src/server/ws-bridge.ts (~lines 131-148): selectForwardHeaders retains inbound user-agent and x-codex-app-version in the snapshot. Provider egress filters them again, so the snapshot does not widen the outbound allowlist.
• Tests reported by the author and listed as changed: tests/responses/responses-forward-client-headers.test.ts, tests/responses/responses-forward-client-headers-live.test.ts, tests/responses/ws-endpoint.test.ts, tests/responses/native-compaction-gateway.test.ts. They cover per-provider selection, absent values, precedence, compact fallback, key and forward auth, and WebSocket handoffs. The focused suite passed at the author-reported head. I did not rerun it.

Limits: I did not read the body of copyResponsesClientMetadata, so the per-header filtering inside that helper rests on its signature and the summaries. The broad test:changed run was non-green. The baseline comparison and the isolated timeout rerun do not show an issue-specific regression, but they do not prove the baseline failures are unrelated.

The pending owner decision and maintainer security review are merge gates. They are not coding requirements of #8192, so they do not change this verdict.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

[#8192] Changes at head 9f7f6f9 against the merge base:

• Allowlist additions (src/lib/provider-client-headers.ts): directly implement the requested identifier opt-ins.
• core-auth.ts widening (openai-responses adapter in addition to compaction-v1): reuses the existing Responses metadata copier, as the issue suggests. It does not add a second forwarding policy or credential permission. The reason is connected to the issue: key-auth HTTP requests must carry the selected identifiers.
• ws-bridge.ts snapshot retention of user-agent and x-codex-app-version: supports the same caller-metadata policy for reconstructed WebSocket turns. The author states that the comment and code keep this out of the outbound allowlist. It is a connected change, not an unrelated one.
• Docs (docs-site adapters and providers references, structure/ files) describe the opt-ins, limits, and privacy effects. They are supporting changes for the new options.
• Test files and test-layout entries (scripts/test-layout/layout-responses.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json) register the new live test file. They are supporting changes.

No change I could identify is unrelated to #8192 or to the metadata policy. I read only the three source hunks above. I did not read the full docs or the test diffs, so this rests on the supplied summaries for those files.

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Explanation

Docstring coverage is 66.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 3 functions across 7 files. (5 skipped: 5 unsupported.)

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Thanks for the confirmation in #8192. I have merged dev at 6df9e1176767d5da2b674b7d9ee8a8df4bbf2b65, resolved the provider-documentation conflict, and pushed updated regression coverage and documentation. The PR remains in draft as requested.

@lidge-jun: could you decide whether to admit both caller-supplied identifiers as separate, explicit per-provider options? The documentation example selects the window identifier only; it explains that the installation identifier requires a separate choice and can correlate requests across sessions.

@Ingwannu: please review the destination and credential boundaries on the updated head. The fork CI runs for b47b6d0e also need maintainer approval: Cross-platform CI (42392479673) and Catalog async contracts (42392479666) are action_required, not passing checks. The scope is:

• Extend the exact-name metadata allowlist by x-codex-window-id and x-codex-installation-id; neither is enabled by default for custom providers. Runtime filtering still rejects unsupported fields even if config validation is bypassed.
• Retain caller user-agent and x-codex-app-version in the inbound WebSocket snapshot, then apply the existing outbound provider policy. User-Agent retains its existing HTTP fallback behavior; app version and the two identifiers follow their respective opt-ins.
• Preserve provider header precedence and existing canonical OpenAI/pool credential isolation. No generated client identity, identifier logging, credential-forwarding permission, or provider preset is added.
• This controls HTTP-header forwarding only. It does not scrub identifiers already in a request body or revoke copies a destination has received. Caller metadata does not establish trusted client identity or override a gateway's access policy.

Updated tests cover both custom key and noncanonical forward routes, independent identifier selection, default omission, absent values, native compact fallback, and exclusion of caller credentials, attestations and agent assertions. Current validation results and outstanding checks are recorded in the PR description.

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Review comments at @src/server/ws-bridge.ts:
- Around line 143-145: Update the WebSocket auth-materialization flow around the
header selection loop so permitted User-Agent and x-codex-app-version values
remain available through transport construction for custom Responses providers.
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opted-in identifiers arrive at the custom provider, exercising the actual
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Addressed both inline findings in 9f7f6f9a, after merging current dev (fabc69ee). The auth-materialization issue was reproduced on the full HTTP and WebSocket paths and fixed using the existing permitted-metadata copier; a real WebSocket-turn regression now verifies provider-specific opt-ins and credential isolation. Added a docstring to selectForwardHeaders for the coverage warning.

The focused suite passes 184 tests, typecheck passes 2,336 files, and structure/privacy/docs checks pass. The broader import-graph suite is running; its final results will replace the prior-head verification in the description. The owner decision and explicit maintainer security review remain outstanding, and the PR stays in draft.

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- Line 54: Update the provider-egress statement in the installation identity
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Maintainer review (contributor-backlog lane), head b31c9cdcd9, trial-merged with dev 0fac612a93.

Functional review: passed (independent merge-gate review, PASS-WITH-NITS). Your new tests fail on dev (responses-forward-client-headers-live 0/4, responses-forward-client-headers 5 fail, ws-endpoint 2 fail, native-compaction-gateway 2 fail) and pass on the merge. The reviewer confirmed:

• both identifiers are forwarded only when a provider names them;
• provider headers still win;
• a Pool-selected installation id is never replaced;
• authorization, cookies, account ids and assertion headers stay blocked in both auth modes;
• HTTP and WebSocket now behave the same.

Optional nits: add a case where x-codex-window-id is present but empty (it is dropped, which is right, and worth pinning), and add one line in the description noting that WebSocket snapshots now keep the caller's User-Agent, gated at egress like HTTP.

What remains is the decision you already named: whether to admit x-codex-window-id and x-codex-installation-id as opt-in forwardable names. That belongs to the owner, and I have put it on the owner-decision list for this lane's report with the evidence above. Fork CI will be approved on this head once the owner agrees, since the security questions are covered by the review.

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Value: This resolves the reported client-metadata loss for routed Responses gateways, including physical retry and refresh sends. The two correlation identifiers remain per-provider opt-in; the contributor's work is credited in the squash commit.

Existing UX: The change preserves defaults and provider-configured header precedence. Forwarding the opted-in caller metadata is the intended behavior; account-derived installation identities remain isolated. Local HTTP and WebSocket ingress tests cover the existing flows.

Existing users and upgrades: The implementation's new retry tests failed before the fix (3 failures, 2 passes) and passed afterward (5 passes). An isolated coordinator run of five focused files passed 123 tests; bun run test:changed passed 50,904 tests with 231 skips and 0 failures. Typecheck, privacy, structure, test-layout, ratchet and Lab guards passed. The full bun run test was not run; the changed-files suite and focused tests provide the local coverage.

Review: Fresh independent correctness review passed on c5bc39f5af7bd7c3ff2cc3496a11970e2195cbf0 (mistral/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017). A separate security review passed on the same head (hyds/deepseek-v4.1-flash-free). No blocking findings remain. The correctness reviewer noted a pre-existing compact-fallback coverage limitation for routes with differing opt-ins.

Windows: The changed Responses runtime also runs on Windows, although this change does not touch the areas implicated in the current red Windows dev batch. Local verification was on macOS; a Windows runtime pass for this head was not run. PR CI is pending and is not used as passing evidence.

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