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codex/codex-rs/tools
jif-oai c5bd131567 feat: add turn_id and truncation_policy to extension tool calls (#23666)
## Why

Extension-owned tools currently receive a stripped `ToolCall` with only
`call_id`, `tool_name`, and `payload`.
That makes extension work that needs turn-local execution context
awkward, especially web-search extension work that needs the active
`truncation_policy` at tool invocation time.

Reconstructing that value from config or `ExtensionData` would be
indirect and could drift from the actual turn context, so the cleaner
fix is to pass the needed turn metadata directly on the extension-facing
invocation type.

## What changed

- added `turn_id` and `truncation_policy` to `codex_tools::ToolCall`
- populated those fields when core adapts `ToolInvocation` into an
extension tool call
- added a focused adapter test that verifies extension executors receive
the forwarded turn metadata
- updated the memories extension tests to construct the richer
`ToolCall`
- added the `codex-utils-output-truncation` dependency to `codex-tools`
and refreshed lockfiles

## Testing

- `cargo test -p codex-tools`
- `cargo test -p codex-memories-extension`
- `cargo test -p codex-core passes_turn_fields_to_extension_call`
- `just bazel-lock-update`
- `just bazel-lock-check`
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codex-tools

codex-tools is the shared support crate for building, adapting, and executing model-visible tools 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, and ResponsesApiNamespaceTool
  • host discovery models used while assembling tool sets, including 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, and ToolOutput

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-core orchestration 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:

  1. Keep extension-owned executable-tool authoring in codex-extension-api.
  2. Move host-side planning/adaptation helpers here when they no longer need to stay coupled to codex-core.
  3. Leave compatibility-sensitive adapters in codex-core while downstream call sites are updated.
  4. 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.rs should remain exports-only.
  • Business logic should live in named module files such as foo.rs.
  • Unit tests for foo.rs should live in a sibling foo_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.