feat(app-server) Expose personality (#9674)

### Motivation
Exposes a per-thread / per-turn `personality` override in the v2
app-server API so clients can influence model communication style at
thread/turn start. Ensures the override is passed into the session
configuration resolution so it becomes effective for subsequent turns
and headless runners.

### Testing
- [x] Add an integration-style test
`turn_start_accepts_personality_override_v2` in
`codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/turn_start.rs` that verifies a
`/personality` override results in a developer update message containing
`<personality_spec>` in the outbound model request.

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[Codex
Task](https://chatgpt.com/codex/tasks/task_i_6971d646b1c08322a689a54d2649f3fe)
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Dylan Hurd
2026-01-22 18:00:20 -08:00
committed by GitHub
parent a2c829a808
commit 2b1ee24e11
7 changed files with 296 additions and 26 deletions

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@@ -11,18 +11,23 @@ use codex_app_server_protocol::ThreadResumeParams;
use codex_app_server_protocol::ThreadResumeResponse;
use codex_app_server_protocol::ThreadStartParams;
use codex_app_server_protocol::ThreadStartResponse;
use codex_app_server_protocol::TurnStartParams;
use codex_app_server_protocol::TurnStatus;
use codex_app_server_protocol::UserInput;
use codex_protocol::config_types::Personality;
use codex_protocol::models::ContentItem;
use codex_protocol::models::ResponseItem;
use codex_protocol::user_input::ByteRange;
use codex_protocol::user_input::TextElement;
use core_test_support::responses;
use core_test_support::skip_if_no_network;
use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
use std::path::PathBuf;
use tempfile::TempDir;
use tokio::time::timeout;
const DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(10);
const DEFAULT_BASE_INSTRUCTIONS: &str = "You are Codex, based on GPT-5. You are running as a coding agent in the Codex CLI on a user's computer.";
#[tokio::test]
async fn thread_resume_returns_original_thread() -> Result<()> {
@@ -248,6 +253,91 @@ async fn thread_resume_supports_history_and_overrides() -> Result<()> {
Ok(())
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn thread_resume_accepts_personality_override_v2() -> Result<()> {
skip_if_no_network!(Ok(()));
let server = responses::start_mock_server().await;
let body = responses::sse(vec![
responses::ev_response_created("resp-1"),
responses::ev_assistant_message("msg-1", "Done"),
responses::ev_completed("resp-1"),
]);
let response_mock = responses::mount_sse_once(&server, body).await;
let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
create_config_toml(codex_home.path(), &server.uri())?;
let mut mcp = McpProcess::new(codex_home.path()).await?;
timeout(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT, mcp.initialize()).await??;
let start_id = mcp
.send_thread_start_request(ThreadStartParams {
model: Some("gpt-5.2-codex".to_string()),
..Default::default()
})
.await?;
let start_resp: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
mcp.read_stream_until_response_message(RequestId::Integer(start_id)),
)
.await??;
let ThreadStartResponse { thread, .. } = to_response::<ThreadStartResponse>(start_resp)?;
let resume_id = mcp
.send_thread_resume_request(ThreadResumeParams {
thread_id: thread.id.clone(),
model: Some("gpt-5.2-codex".to_string()),
personality: Some(Personality::Friendly),
..Default::default()
})
.await?;
let resume_resp: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
mcp.read_stream_until_response_message(RequestId::Integer(resume_id)),
)
.await??;
let _resume: ThreadResumeResponse = to_response::<ThreadResumeResponse>(resume_resp)?;
let turn_id = mcp
.send_turn_start_request(TurnStartParams {
thread_id: thread.id,
input: vec![UserInput::Text {
text: "Hello".to_string(),
text_elements: Vec::new(),
}],
..Default::default()
})
.await?;
timeout(
DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
mcp.read_stream_until_response_message(RequestId::Integer(turn_id)),
)
.await??;
timeout(
DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
mcp.read_stream_until_notification_message("turn/completed"),
)
.await??;
let request = response_mock.single_request();
let developer_texts = request.message_input_texts("developer");
assert!(
!developer_texts
.iter()
.any(|text| text.contains("<personality_spec>")),
"did not expect a personality update message in developer input, got {developer_texts:?}"
);
let instructions_text = request.instructions_text();
assert!(
instructions_text.contains(DEFAULT_BASE_INSTRUCTIONS),
"expected default base instructions from history, got {instructions_text:?}"
);
Ok(())
}
// Helper to create a config.toml pointing at the mock model server.
fn create_config_toml(codex_home: &std::path::Path, server_uri: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
let config_toml = codex_home.join("config.toml");
@@ -261,6 +351,9 @@ sandbox_mode = "read-only"
model_provider = "mock_provider"
[features]
remote_models = false
[model_providers.mock_provider]
name = "Mock provider for test"
base_url = "{server_uri}/v1"