## Why `argument-comment-lint` was green in CI even though the repo still had many uncommented literal arguments. The main gap was target coverage: the repo wrapper did not force Cargo to inspect test-only call sites, so examples like the `latest_session_lookup_params(true, ...)` tests in `codex-rs/tui_app_server/src/lib.rs` never entered the blocking CI path. This change cleans up the existing backlog, makes the default repo lint path cover all Cargo targets, and starts rolling that stricter CI enforcement out on the platform where it is currently validated. ## What changed - mechanically fixed existing `argument-comment-lint` violations across the `codex-rs` workspace, including tests, examples, and benches - updated `tools/argument-comment-lint/run-prebuilt-linter.sh` and `tools/argument-comment-lint/run.sh` so non-`--fix` runs default to `--all-targets` unless the caller explicitly narrows the target set - fixed both wrappers so forwarded cargo arguments after `--` are preserved with a single separator - documented the new default behavior in `tools/argument-comment-lint/README.md` - updated `rust-ci` so the macOS lint lane keeps the plain wrapper invocation and therefore enforces `--all-targets`, while Linux and Windows temporarily pass `-- --lib --bins` That temporary CI split keeps the stricter all-targets check where it is already cleaned up, while leaving room to finish the remaining Linux- and Windows-specific target-gated cleanup before enabling `--all-targets` on those runners. The Linux and Windows failures on the intermediate revision were caused by the wrapper forwarding bug, not by additional lint findings in those lanes. ## Validation - `bash -n tools/argument-comment-lint/run.sh` - `bash -n tools/argument-comment-lint/run-prebuilt-linter.sh` - shell-level wrapper forwarding check for `-- --lib --bins` - shell-level wrapper forwarding check for `-- --tests` - `just argument-comment-lint` - `cargo test` in `tools/argument-comment-lint` - `cargo test -p codex-terminal-detection` ## Follow-up - Clean up remaining Linux-only target-gated callsites, then switch the Linux lint lane back to the plain wrapper invocation. - Clean up remaining Windows-only target-gated callsites, then switch the Windows lint lane back to the plain wrapper invocation.
codex-app-server-client
Shared in-process app-server client used by conversational CLI surfaces:
codex-execcodex-tui
Purpose
This crate centralizes startup and lifecycle management for an in-process
codex-app-server runtime, so CLI clients do not need to duplicate:
- app-server bootstrap and initialize handshake
- in-memory request/event transport wiring
- lifecycle orchestration around caller-provided startup identity
- graceful shutdown behavior
Startup identity
Callers pass both the app-server SessionSource and the initialize
client_info.name explicitly when starting the facade.
That keeps thread metadata (for example in thread/list and thread/read)
aligned with the originating runtime without baking TUI/exec-specific policy
into the shared client layer.
Transport model
The in-process path uses typed channels:
- client -> server:
ClientRequest/ClientNotification - server -> client:
InProcessServerEventServerRequestServerNotificationLegacyNotification
JSON serialization is still used at external transport boundaries (stdio/websocket), but the in-process hot path is typed.
Typed requests still receive app-server responses through the JSON-RPC result envelope internally. That is intentional: the in-process path is meant to preserve app-server semantics while removing the process boundary, not to introduce a second response contract.
Bootstrap behavior
The client facade starts an already-initialized in-process runtime, but thread bootstrap still follows normal app-server flow:
- caller sends
thread/startorthread/resume - app-server returns the immediate typed response
- richer session metadata may arrive later as a
SessionConfiguredlegacy event
Surfaces such as TUI and exec may therefore need a short bootstrap phase where they reconcile startup response data with later events.
Backpressure and shutdown
- Queues are bounded and use
DEFAULT_IN_PROCESS_CHANNEL_CAPACITYby default. - Full queues return explicit overload behavior instead of unbounded growth.
shutdown()performs a bounded graceful shutdown and then aborts if timeout is exceeded.
If the client falls behind on event consumption, the worker emits
InProcessServerEvent::Lagged and may reject pending server requests so
approval flows do not hang indefinitely behind a saturated queue.