## Why `multi_agent_v2` already allowed configuring the minimum `wait_agent` timeout, but the default timeout and upper bound were still hard-coded. That made it hard to tune waits for subagent mailbox activity in sessions that need either faster wakeups or longer waits, and it meant the model-visible `wait_agent` schema could not fully reflect the resolved runtime limits. ## What Changed - Added `features.multi_agent_v2.max_wait_timeout_ms` and `features.multi_agent_v2.default_wait_timeout_ms` alongside the existing `min_wait_timeout_ms` setting. - Validated all three timeouts in config as `0..=3_600_000`, with `min_wait_timeout_ms <= default_wait_timeout_ms <= max_wait_timeout_ms`. - Thread and review session tool config now passes the resolved min/default/max values into the `wait_agent` tool schema. - `wait_agent` now uses the configured default when `timeout_ms` is omitted and rejects explicit values outside the configured min/max range instead of silently clamping them. - Updated the generated config schema and config-lock test coverage for the new fields.
codex-tools
codex-tools is the shared support crate for building, adapting, planning, and
executing model-visible tool sets outside codex-core.
Today this crate owns the host-facing tool models and helpers that no longer
need to live in core/src/tools/spec.rs or core/src/client_common.rs:
- aggregate host models such as
ToolSpec,ConfiguredToolSpec,LoadableToolSpec,ResponsesApiNamespace, andResponsesApiNamespaceTool - host config and discovery models used while assembling tool sets, including
ToolsConfig, discoverable-tool models, and request-plugin-install helpers - host adapters such as schema sanitization, MCP/dynamic conversion, code-mode augmentation, and image-detail normalization
- shared executable-tool contracts such as
ToolExecutor,ToolCall, andToolOutput
That extraction is the first step in a longer migration. The goal is not to
move all of core/src/tools into this crate in one shot. Instead, the plan is
to peel off reusable pieces in reviewable increments while keeping
compatibility-sensitive orchestration in codex-core until the surrounding
boundaries are ready.
Vision
Over time, this crate should hold host-side tool machinery that is shared by multiple consumers, for example:
- host-visible aggregate tool models
- tool-set planning and discovery helpers
- MCP and dynamic-tool adaptation into Responses API shapes
- code-mode compatibility shims that do not depend on
codex-core - other narrowly scoped host utilities that multiple crates need
The corresponding non-goals are just as important:
- do not move
codex-coreorchestration here prematurely - do not pull
Session/TurnContext/ approval flow / runtime execution logic into this crate unless those dependencies have first been split into stable shared interfaces - do not turn this crate into a grab-bag for unrelated helper code
Migration approach
The expected migration shape is:
- Keep extension-owned executable-tool authoring in
codex-extension-api. - Move host-side planning/adaptation helpers here when they no longer need to
stay coupled to
codex-core. - Leave compatibility-sensitive adapters in
codex-corewhile downstream call sites are updated. - Only extract higher-level host infrastructure after the crate boundaries are clear and independently testable.
Crate conventions
This crate should start with stricter structure than core/src/tools so it
stays easy to grow:
src/lib.rsshould remain exports-only.- Business logic should live in named module files such as
foo.rs. - Unit tests for
foo.rsshould live in a siblingfoo_tests.rs. - The implementation file should wire tests with:
#[cfg(test)]
#[path = "foo_tests.rs"]
mod tests;
If this crate starts accumulating code that needs runtime state from
codex-core, that is a sign to revisit the extraction boundary before adding
more here.