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codex/codex-rs/app-server-client
Ruslan Nigmatullin 4d201e340e state: pass state db handles through consumers (#20561)
## Why

SQLite state was still being opened from consumer paths, including lazy
`OnceCell`-backed thread-store call sites. That let one process
construct multiple state DB connections for the same Codex home, which
makes SQLite lock contention and `database is locked` failures much
easier to hit.

State DB lifetime should be chosen by main-like entrypoints and tests,
then passed through explicitly. Consumers should use the supplied
`Option<StateDbHandle>` or `StateDbHandle` and keep their existing
filesystem fallback or error behavior when no handle is available.

The startup path also needs to keep the rollout crate in charge of
SQLite state initialization. Opening `codex_state::StateRuntime`
directly bypasses rollout metadata backfill, so entrypoints should
initialize through `codex_rollout::state_db` and receive a handle only
after required rollout backfills have completed.

## What Changed

- Initialize the state DB in main-like entrypoints for CLI, TUI,
app-server, exec, MCP server, and the thread-manager sample.
- Pass `Option<StateDbHandle>` through `ThreadManager`,
`LocalThreadStore`, app-server processors, TUI app wiring, rollout
listing/recording, personality migration, shell snapshot cleanup,
session-name lookup, and memory/device-key consumers.
- Remove the lazy local state DB wrapper from the thread store so
non-test consumers use only the supplied handle or their existing
fallback path.
- Make `codex_rollout::state_db::init` the local state startup path: it
opens/migrates SQLite, runs rollout metadata backfill when needed, waits
for concurrent backfill workers up to a bounded timeout, verifies
completion, and then returns the initialized handle.
- Keep optional/non-owning SQLite helpers, such as remote TUI local
reads, as open-only paths that do not run startup backfill.
- Switch app-server startup from direct
`codex_state::StateRuntime::init` to the rollout state initializer so
app-server cannot skip rollout backfill.
- Collapse split rollout lookup/list APIs so callers use the normal
methods with an optional state handle instead of `_with_state_db`
variants.
- Restore `getConversationSummary(ThreadId)` to delegate through
`ThreadStore::read_thread` instead of a LocalThreadStore-specific
rollout path special case.
- Keep DB-backed rollout path lookup keyed on the DB row and file
existence, without imposing the filesystem filename convention on
existing DB rows.
- Verify readable DB-backed rollout paths against `session_meta.id`
before returning them, so a stale SQLite row that points at another
thread's JSONL falls back to filesystem search and read-repairs the DB
row.
- Keep `debug prompt-input` filesystem-only so a one-off debug command
does not initialize or backfill SQLite state just to print prompt input.
- Keep goal-session test Codex homes alive only in the goal-specific
helper, rather than leaking tempdirs from the shared session test
helper.
- Update tests and call sites to pass explicit state handles where DB
behavior is expected and explicit `None` where filesystem-only behavior
is intended.

## Validation

- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo check -p
codex-rollout -p codex-thread-store -p codex-app-server -p codex-core -p
codex-tui -p codex-exec -p codex-cli --tests`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p
codex-rollout state_db_`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p
codex-rollout find_thread_path`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p
codex-rollout find_thread_path -- --nocapture`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p
codex-rollout try_init_ -- --nocapture`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p
codex-rollout`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo clippy -p
codex-rollout --lib -- -D warnings`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p
codex-thread-store
read_thread_falls_back_when_sqlite_path_points_to_another_thread --
--nocapture`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p
codex-thread-store`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p codex-core
shell_snapshot`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p codex-core
--test all personality_migration`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p codex-core
--test all rollout_list_find`
- `RUST_MIN_STACK=8388608 CODEX_SKIP_VENDORED_BWRAP=1
CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p codex-core
--test all rollout_list_find::find_prefers_sqlite_path_by_id --
--nocapture`
- `RUST_MIN_STACK=8388608 CODEX_SKIP_VENDORED_BWRAP=1
CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p codex-core
--test all rollout_list_find -- --nocapture`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p codex-core
interrupt_accounts_active_goal_before_pausing`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p
codex-app-server get_auth_status -- --test-threads=1`
- `CODEX_SKIP_VENDORED_BWRAP=1
CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo test -p
codex-app-server --lib`
- `CODEX_SKIP_VENDORED_BWRAP=1
CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db cargo check -p codex-rollout
-p codex-app-server --tests`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db just fix -p codex-rollout
-p codex-thread-store -p codex-core -p codex-app-server -p codex-tui -p
codex-exec -p codex-cli`
- `CODEX_SKIP_VENDORED_BWRAP=1
CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db just fix -p codex-rollout -p
codex-app-server`
- `CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db just fix -p
codex-rollout`
- `CODEX_SKIP_VENDORED_BWRAP=1
CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/codex-target-state-db just fix -p codex-core`
- `just argument-comment-lint -p codex-core`
- `just argument-comment-lint -p codex-rollout`

Focused coverage added in `codex-rollout`:

- `recorder::tests::state_db_init_backfills_before_returning` verifies
the rollout metadata row exists before startup init returns.
- `state_db::tests::try_init_waits_for_concurrent_startup_backfill`
verifies startup waits for another worker to finish backfill instead of
disabling the handle for the process.
-
`state_db::tests::try_init_times_out_waiting_for_stuck_startup_backfill`
verifies startup does not hang indefinitely on a stuck backfill lease.
-
`tests::find_thread_path_accepts_existing_state_db_path_without_canonical_filename`
verifies DB-backed lookup accepts valid existing rollout paths even when
the filename does not include the thread UUID.
-
`tests::find_thread_path_falls_back_when_db_path_points_to_another_thread`
verifies DB-backed lookup ignores a stale row whose existing path
belongs to another thread and read-repairs the row after filesystem
fallback.

Focused coverage updated in `codex-core`:

- `rollout_list_find::find_prefers_sqlite_path_by_id` now uses a
DB-preferred rollout file with matching `session_meta.id`, so it still
verifies that valid SQLite paths win without depending on stale/empty
rollout contents.

`cargo test -p codex-app-server thread_list_respects_search_term_filter
-- --test-threads=1 --nocapture` was attempted locally but timed out
waiting for the app-server test harness `initialize` response before
reaching the changed thread-list code path.

`bazel test //codex-rs/thread-store:thread-store-unit-tests
--test_output=errors` was attempted locally after the thread-store fix,
but this container failed before target analysis while fetching `v8+`
through BuildBuddy/direct GitHub. The equivalent local crate coverage,
including `cargo test -p codex-thread-store`, passes.

A plain local `cargo check -p codex-rollout -p codex-app-server --tests`
also requires system `libcap.pc` for `codex-linux-sandbox`; the
follow-up app-server check above used `CODEX_SKIP_VENDORED_BWRAP=1` in
this container.
2026-05-04 11:46:03 -07:00
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codex-app-server-client

Shared in-process app-server client used by conversational CLI surfaces:

  • codex-exec
  • codex-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: InProcessServerEvent
    • ServerRequest
    • ServerNotification
    • LegacyNotification

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/start or thread/resume
  • app-server returns the immediate typed response
  • richer session metadata may arrive later as a SessionConfigured legacy 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_CAPACITY by 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.