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codex/codex-rs/tools/src/dynamic_tool_tests.rs
Celia Chen 4dbca61e20 fix: default unknown tool schemas to empty schemas (#22380)
## Why

Some tool providers, especially MCP servers and dynamic tool sources,
can supply schema nodes that omit `type` and have no recognized JSON
Schema shape hints. Previously, `sanitize_json_schema` filled those
unknown nodes in as `string`, which made the schema parseable but
invented a scalar constraint that the provider did not specify. For
description-only fields, that could incorrectly steer tool arguments
away from the provider's actual accepted shape.

The Responses API accepts permissive empty schemas such as `{}` at
nested property positions, so Codex should preserve that permissive
meaning instead of coercing unknown schema nodes into a misleading
scalar type.

## What Changed

- Changed the no-hints fallback in `codex-rs/tools/src/json_schema.rs`
to clear unrecognized object schema nodes to `{}`.
- Empty schemas now remain `{}` rather than becoming `type: "string"`.
- Description-only or otherwise metadata-only nested property schemas
now become `{}` while surrounding object/array/string/number inference
still applies when recognized hints are present.
- Updated `codex-tools` and `codex-core` tests to cover top-level empty
schemas, nested empty schemas, metadata-only malformed schemas, dynamic
tools, and MCP tool specs.

## Verification

- `cargo test -p codex-tools`
- `cargo test -p codex-core
test_mcp_tool_property_missing_type_defaults_to_empty_schema`
- Manually verified the real Responses API behavior for both
empty-schema positions:
- Top-level function `parameters: {}` is accepted and echoed back as
`{"type":"object","properties":{}}`; when forced to call the tool,
Responses emitted empty object arguments: `"arguments": "{}"`.
- Nested property schema `{}` is accepted and preserved as `{}`; when
forced to call a tool with `metadata.extra`, Responses emitted
`"arguments": "{\"metadata\":{\"extra\":\"codex schema sanitizer
behavior\"}}"`.
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Rust

use super::parse_dynamic_tool;
use crate::JsonSchema;
use crate::ToolDefinition;
use codex_protocol::dynamic_tools::DynamicToolSpec;
use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
use std::collections::BTreeMap;
#[test]
fn parse_dynamic_tool_sanitizes_input_schema() {
let tool = DynamicToolSpec {
namespace: None,
name: "lookup_ticket".to_string(),
description: "Fetch a ticket".to_string(),
input_schema: serde_json::json!({
"properties": {
"id": {
"description": "Ticket identifier"
}
}
}),
defer_loading: false,
};
assert_eq!(
parse_dynamic_tool(&tool).expect("parse dynamic tool"),
ToolDefinition {
name: "lookup_ticket".to_string(),
description: "Fetch a ticket".to_string(),
input_schema: JsonSchema::object(
BTreeMap::from([("id".to_string(), JsonSchema::default(),)]),
/*required*/ None,
/*additional_properties*/ None
),
output_schema: None,
defer_loading: false,
}
);
}
#[test]
fn parse_dynamic_tool_preserves_defer_loading() {
let tool = DynamicToolSpec {
namespace: None,
name: "lookup_ticket".to_string(),
description: "Fetch a ticket".to_string(),
input_schema: serde_json::json!({
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}),
defer_loading: true,
};
assert_eq!(
parse_dynamic_tool(&tool).expect("parse dynamic tool"),
ToolDefinition {
name: "lookup_ticket".to_string(),
description: "Fetch a ticket".to_string(),
input_schema: JsonSchema::object(
BTreeMap::new(),
/*required*/ None,
/*additional_properties*/ None
),
output_schema: None,
defer_loading: true,
}
);
}