feat(memory): opt-in model routing for Codex memory phases

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Summary

• Adds opt-in model and reasoning-effort selection for the two Codex memory phases, carried from feat(memory): route Codex memory phases to a chosen model #5983 onto current dev. Extract summarizes each finished session into a raw memory; Consolidation merges raw memories into the files Codex reads later. Closes Route Codex memory extract and consolidation to a chosen model #5982 once this is on dev.
• Each turn is classified from validated turn metadata on both HTTP and WebSocket admission. Explicit turn metadata is authoritative. The legacy x-openai-subagent: memory_consolidation header is a fallback only when metadata is wholly absent on HTTP, and never on WebSocket, where the bridge re-attaches handshake headers to every frame. Present but malformed client_metadata (including null) keeps the fallback closed.
• Users without a memory setting see no routing change. A configured target that is unavailable fails closed; the request is not silently moved to another model. Errors and warnings omit saved model ids and resolver details.
• The dashboard adds a "Memory routing" panel with Off/model and effort selectors for each phase. All locales include its keys. Config schema, management settings, docs, and the mapped structure/ pages are updated.
• This carry leaves out the source PR's change to the default Terra shadow call, because it would alter routing for users who never enabled memory routing.

Supersedes #5983.

Screenshots come from an isolated local proxy with a synthetic provider. HOME, OPENCODEX_HOME, and CODEX_HOME were all redirected to temp directories.

Verification

• bun test tests/responses/responses-memory-models.test.ts tests/responses/responses-shadow-intercept.test.ts tests/config/settings-memory-models.test.ts: 55 pass, 0 fail. Coverage includes explicit non-memory metadata beating the sub-agent header, malformed and null client metadata, absent-metadata fallback, an unavailable target, the no-setting baseline, and a WebSocket case that sends frames through the real createWebsocketHandler.
• tests/lab/core-lab-boundary.test.ts and tests/ci-workflows/file-size-ratchet.test.ts pass, and the two new test files are registered in both layout manifests (tests/test-layout.test.ts passes).
• bun run typecheck, bun run structure:check, bun run privacy:scan, and bun run lint:gui all exit 0. At the implementation head, bun run build:gui, GUI i18n lint and build, and the docs build (537 pages) also exit 0.
• bun run test:changed is not passing evidence. It exited 1 under heavy overlap with other lane worktrees (26,105 pass / 101 fail / 18 errors, mostly 5-second timeouts). The one affected file examined in isolation passed 48/48, but the whole broad run has not been re-established locally. I omitted the full local suite for the same resource-contention reason, so exact-head CI shards are the broad gate.
• Independent read-only review: round 1 FAIL (malformed metadata falling through to the header) and round 2 NEAR-PASS (null case). Both are fixed in dee16c1fe1 and 27fc97fd5e. The debug-log finding was withdrawn after review: the line follows the existing operator-enabled injection-debug pattern and logs only a route model id.

Checklist

• Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
• Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
• Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults.

Co-authored-by: Robin Bially 7304732+robin-bially@users.noreply.github.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Configure separate models and optional reasoning effort for Codex memory extraction and consolidation from the dashboard.
  • Memory requests use the configured model for their phase. Unconfigured phases keep their existing routing, and configured memory routing takes precedence over shadow-call rules.
  • Settings include notices about model routing and account requirements, with controls for saving, disabling, and correcting model choices.
• Bug Fixes
  • If a configured model target is unavailable, the memory request returns an error instead of silently falling back.
• Documentation
  • Added guidance for configuring memory routing and how phase selection and unavailable targets are handled.

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The change adds configuration for separate Codex memory extraction and consolidation models, with optional reasoning-effort overrides. Responses requests use Codex metadata to select configured routes. The dashboard exposes the settings, and configuration validation, tests, and documentation cover the new behavior.

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Memory Model Routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Memory model configuration and settings API src/types/config.ts, src/config/schema/*, src/config/diagnostics.ts, src/config/load-degrade.ts, src/server/management/config-routes.ts, tests/config/settings-memory-models.test.ts, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json, scripts/test-layout/layout.json, structure/config.md	Configuration accepts optional extract and consolidation model settings with optional reasoning effort. Candidate writes and settings API requests validate the shape; loading degrades invalid settings and emits warnings. The settings API supports reading, saving, and clearing the block.
Phase detection and Responses routing src/server/responses/memory-models.ts, src/server/responses/request-prepare.ts, src/server/responses/core-normalize.ts, src/server/responses/core-options.ts, src/server/responses/shadow-target-availability.ts, src/types/request.ts, tests/responses/responses-memory-models.test.ts, tests/helpers/responses-core-source.ts, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json, scripts/test-layout/layout.json, docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/configuration/server.md, structure/providers-and-adapters.md, structure/transports/responses-failover.md, structure/transports/responses.md	Codex turn metadata selects a memory phase when its supplied copies are valid and agree. Configured phases route to their targets, may apply configured reasoning effort, and take precedence over shadow-call interception. Combo dispatch carries phase information. An unavailable target returns 409 memory_model_target_unavailable. Documentation also updates the Responses HTTP/SSE catalog snapshot description.
Dashboard memory routing controls gui/src/components/MemoryModelsPanel.tsx, gui/src/pages/dashboard-overview-panels.tsx, gui/src/styles-dashboard-workspace.css, gui/src/i18n/*.ts, gui/tests/memory-models-panel.test.tsx, gui/tests/fr-localization.test.ts	The Overview dashboard adds controls for each phase’s model and reasoning effort. The panel loads and saves settings through /api/settings, supports turning phases off, and displays status and account notices. Localization, layout styles, and panel tests are added.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Codex
  participant prepareResponsesRequest
  participant resolveChosenTarget
  participant Provider
  Codex->>prepareResponsesRequest: Send request with turn metadata
  prepareResponsesRequest->>prepareResponsesRequest: Detect phase and select configured target
  prepareResponsesRequest->>resolveChosenTarget: Resolve target with admission-scoped resolver
  resolveChosenTarget-->>prepareResponsesRequest: Return route or unavailable result
  prepareResponsesRequest->>Provider: Dispatch request using resolved memory route

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Possibly related PRs

• lidge-jun/opencodex#5983: Implements the same memory-phase model routing feature across routing, configuration, dashboard, and test code.

Suggested reviewers: luvs01

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 19ed9

Memory routing remains mergeable with bounded follow-up: correct the logged route reason and clarify the Russian notice. Strengthen the effort-clearing test to protect the dashboard setting.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 19ed9

Request labels can select an optional memory destination, and an unusual failed save could leave the active and saved choices different. Existing destination permissions and unavailable-target handling limit the exposure.

Retained concerns

• Medium · security · inferred: Client-authored metadata can identify an ordinary admitted request as a memory turn and select the configured phase destination. Metadata consistency checks do not establish that the turn came from the memory workflow. This can defeat an operator's expectation that the opt-in destination receives only memory traffic, although configured destination scope still applies.
• Low · reliability · inferred: If bookkeeping fails after configuration is published, the settings handler restores the previous live memory-routing value even though the new value remains on disk. Routing can therefore differ before and after restart. This extends an existing generic failure mode to the new destination setting; an occurrence was not demonstrated.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The independently controllable surface is an admitted Responses request when an operator has enabled a phase target. A supplied phase marker can affect where that request's content is sent; evidence does not establish a cross-tenant path or access beyond an applicable destination scope.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — An admitted client can provide a syntactically valid memory marker on an otherwise ordinary request, causing phase-target selection when configured. This is a phase-identity weakness, not evidence that the client can bypass configured destination authorization.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Malformed or conflicting metadata is not classified as memory, explicit non-memory metadata blocks header fallback, and WebSocket frames do not use the connection-level sub-agent fallback. The configured target is resolved through admission-scoped routing and fails closed if unavailable.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — A post-publication save exception can make the running process and persisted file disagree about the new phase target. Normal validation, clearing, and pre-publication rollback do not address that conditional transition.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — If memory-only destination selection is intended as a trust boundary, establish phase provenance at admission rather than treating a validated client-supplied label as proof of origin.
• proposed — Distinguish a published write from a pre-publication failure when restoring live settings, and verify the resulting live and restart routing states under injected post-publication failure.

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Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	The change in structure/transports/responses.md documents skills.catalog_refresh behavior, including per_session and per_turn catalog handling. That behavior does not implement memory-model co…	Remove the unrelated skills.catalog_refresh documentation change from this pull request, or move it to a pull request that implements that feature.
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 39.39% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 33 functions across 29 files. (9 skipped:…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: optional model routing for Codex memory phases. It matches the implementation across configuration, request routing, dashboard controls, test…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	PR #6109 implements the coding objectives in #5982. src/types/config.ts, src/config/schema/leaf-validators.ts, and src/server/responses/memory-models.ts add separate extract and `consolidation…

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The change in structure/transports/responses.md documents skills.catalog_refresh behavior, including per_session and per_turn catalog handling. That behavior does not implement memory-model configuration, memory-phase routing, dashboard controls, or routing tests for #5982. The other listed changes have a direct connection to the memory-routing objective or support its configuration, UI, tests, or documentation.

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리뷰 · 우선순위 62 / 80

이 PR은 Codex가 기억을 정리할 때 쓰는 모델을, 켠 사람에게만 따로 고르게 해요. 베이스는 dev예요. #5983을 지금 dev 위로 다시 가져온 것이고, #5983은 아직 열려 있어요. #5982는 이 PR이 dev에 들어가면 닫히게 적혀 있어요.

기억 작업은 두 단계예요. 추출은 끝난 대화를 짧게 정리해요. 통합은 그 정리를 $CODEX_HOME/memories 파일에 합쳐요. 설정을 비우면 그 단계는 지금 길을 그대로 써요. 도우미 호출을 다른 모델로 빼는 설정(shadow call)이 켜져 있어도, 설정을 안 한 단계만 그 길을 따라가요.

단계는 Codex가 붙인 턴 정보로 알아봐요. 추출은 gpt-5.6-luna를 쓰는데, 제목이나 커밋을 돕는 호출도 같은 이름을 쓰기 때문이에요. HTTP와 웹소켓 둘 다 그 정보를 먼저 봐요. 복사본이 서로 다르거나 깨져 있으면 기억 단계로 보지 않아요. client_metadata가 null이어도 예전 헤더로 넘어가지 않아요. x-openai-subagent: memory_consolidation은 HTTP에서 턴 정보가 하나도 없을 때만 써요. 웹소켓은 그 헤더를 연결마다 다시 붙이니까, 프레임에 실린 정보만 봐요.

고른 모델이 없으면 다른 모델로 넘기지 않고 409를 돌려요. 에러 문장에는 저장한 모델 이름이 없어요. 대시보드 개요에 Memory routing 칸이 생겨요. 끄기, 모델, 노력 정도를 단계마다 따로 저장해요. 번역 키는 들어 있는 언어에 다 있어요.

원본 PR은 Terra 그림자 호출의 기본값도 바꿨어요. 이번 가져오기에서는 그 부분을 뺐어요. 기억 설정을 안 한 사람의 길이 바뀌면 안 되기 때문이에요.

src/server/responses/request-prepare.ts:598 - 단계 이름을 route.routeReason에만 넣어요. 요청 기록에 남는 건 route.routeDecision이에요. 그 안 selected.reason은 라우터가 이미 explicit-provider나 combo-pick 같은 이유로 만들어 둔 값이에요. 로그 화면은 그 이유를 보여 줘요. memory-extract와 memory-consolidation은 기록에 안 남아요. 콤보로 보낸 단계는 부모 기록이 자식보다 먼저 combo-pick으로 고정돼요. 바로 위 주석은 요청 로그가 단계를 말한다고 적혀 있어요. 테스트는 그 문장을 확인하지 않아요.

src/config/schema/config-schema.ts:29 - memoryModelsSchema를 가져오지만 쓰지 않아요. 파일을 읽을 때는 바로 아래 memoryModelSettingSchema만 써요. 엄격한 검사는 설정 저장 쪽에서 해요.

메인테이너의 판단이 필요한 지점

기억 단계로 보내면 credentialDomainWasRewritten을 항상 켜요. 자리는 src/server/responses/request-prepare.ts:546이에요. 입장 방식이 bearer가 아니면 Authorization이랑 chatgpt-account-id를 빼요. 그림자 호출과 같아요. 압축 라우팅은 제공자가 실제로 바뀔 때만 켜요. 고른 모델이 같은 ChatGPT 제공자에 있어도 계정 헤더를 뺄지 정해 주세요.

bun run test:changed는 다른 작업 폴더와 겹쳐서 실패했다고 적혀 있어요. 이 기능 테스트는 따로 통과했다고 해요. 머지 기준을 이 브랜치 CI로 볼지 정해 주세요.

너의 추천

모델 고르기, 실패하면 멈추기, 웹소켓에서 연결 헤더를 안 믿는 쪽은 방향이 맞아요. 머지 전에 598줄에서 단계 이름을 routeDecision.selected.reason에도 넣어 주세요. 로그에 memory-extract가 보이는 테스트를 하나 넣어 주세요. 안 쓰는 import는 빼 주세요.

#5983은 이 PR이 대체해요. 닫기 전에 이 PR 링크를 남기면 돼요. #5982는 이 PR이 dev에 들어간 뒤에 닫으면 돼요.

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In @gui/src/i18n/ru.ts:
- Line 447: Update the Russian memoryModels.accountNotice translation to say
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Integration continues in #6124, which carries this PR's reviewed commits unchanged together with the other clients/proxy lane changes, so that only one branch has to chase the moving dev head through CI. This PR will be closed with a link once #6124 is merged.

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Landed on dev through #6124 (merge commit 296f0ce), which carries this PR's reviewed commits unchanged. Closing as integrated.