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Problem

When Codex reports a terminal responseStreamDisconnected, responseStreamConnectionFailed, or httpConnectionFailed with no HTTP response status, T3 files it as provider_error. The same network failure is a transport_error while Codex is retrying it. Both a non-retrying error notification and a completion-only error lose the transport classification.

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Classify those structured connection errors without an HTTP status as transport_error in both terminal paths. Preserve existing usage-limit precedence; a completion-only HTTP 503 control still yields provider_error. Explicit completion evidence determines the terminal class; earlier notification details are reused only when the classes agree. Missing completion metadata, including retry exhaustion without an HTTP status, retains the notification's richer evidence. Do not change retries, continuation, quota classification or provider selection.

Scope and approval

This is a small focused obvious-bug correction to terminal failure categories. No new contract or setting is needed. The terminal event already reaches all clients and delegated runs.

Related open #30376 fixes HTTP 429 usage-limit classification in these variants, and #26532 adjusts exhausted-429 wording. This patch handles connection failures with no HTTP status; it does not duplicate either change. Merged #25611 already handles explicit capacity refusals and needs no replacement PR.

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Extend the existing Codex terminal-evidence replay table with disconnection notifications, completion-only disconnections, both other connection variants, and an explicit HTTP 503 control. Four network cases fail on upstream main with provider_error, while the HTTP control passes. Seven additional regression cases reproduce stale notification-class reuse before the correction: both HTTP-status directions for all three connection variants and a retrying-notification case. The expanded existing HTTP-status table also checks that matching-class notification details survive. With the correction, all cases pass through the real Codex app-server replay adapter.

responseStreamDisconnected, httpStatusCode=null:
  before provider_error -> after transport_error
httpConnectionFailed, httpStatusCode=503:
  provider_error
  • Docker, Node 26.12.1, upstream base 567a105705bc.
  • vp run check:changed upstream/main --concurrency 2: passed format, lint, both knip passes, server GraphQL generation, all three affected/dependent package typechecks, and 155 tests across the complete Codex adapter file and required agent-context check.

All provider traffic is synthetic replay; no paid calls or interactive clients were used.

Implemented with GPT-6.1 Sol through the Codex harness in T3 Code.

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Verdict: Approved at 580400d

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Codex terminal connection failures without an HTTP status retain the transport-error category instead of becoming provider errors. Usage-limit handling, retries and terminal lifecycle behavior remain unchanged, limiting the change’s risk.

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The Codex adapter classifies terminal failures as usage-limit, transport, or provider errors. Notification and completion paths retain error details and reconcile classifications using retry evidence. Tests cover connection failures, HTTP statuses, terminal messages, and retry exhaustion.

Changes: Codex terminal failure classification

Layer / File(s) Summary
Classify and reconcile terminal failures
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.test.ts
The shared classifier distinguishes usage-limit, selected transport, and provider failures. Notification and completion paths retain error evidence and reconcile classifications. Tests cover transport errors, HTTP statuses, terminal messages, and retry scenarios.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

  • pingdotgg/t3code#30376: Both PRs classify Codex terminal errors using structured error variants and HTTP status evidence.
  • pingdotgg/t3code#29208: This PR uses retained retry failure details to classify terminal failures after retry exhaustion.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, t3dotgg, saphid

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 7c444

Some terminal connection failures may still be reported as provider errors. The remaining classification gaps are bounded and can be addressed with owner awareness.

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Minor · Require class equality before reusing the notification failure. · CodexAdapterV2.ts:5813-5827

apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts:5813-5827
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Require class equality before reusing the notification failure.

When a matching notification and completion have different httpStatusCode values, the current condition can emit the notification's stale transport_error or provider_error class instead of the later completion's status-sensitive class. This misclassifies the terminal event, although the inspected queue-hold path treats both classes the same.

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-              const exhaustionStatus = codexExhaustionHttpStatus(input.failureErrorInfo);
               const failure =
                 previousFailure !== undefined &&
                 (input.failureMessage === undefined ||
                   input.failureMessage === previousFailure.nativeMessage) &&
                 (failureCode === undefined || failureCode === previousFailure.nativeCode) &&
-                (exhaustionStatus === null || previousFailure.failure.class === failureClass)
+                previousFailure.failure.class === failureClass
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Update the failure reuse condition in the completion flow to require
previousFailure.failure.class to equal failureClass, while preserving the
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- Around line 5813-5827: Update the failure reuse condition in the completion
flow to require previousFailure.failure.class to equal failureClass, while
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Confirmed the class-reuse finding with replay tests: seven cases fail before the correction, covering both HTTP-status directions for all three connection variants and a retrying-notification case. Explicit completion evidence now prevents reuse of a differently classified notification failure. I preserved richer notification evidence when the completion omits error metadata or retry-exhaustion HTTP status; unconditional class equality would regress the existing 429-to-missing-status cases. A matching-class control still retains the detailed notification message.

Fixed in 53edc75cc53688bd77164fdcfe838de303b74e87. Docker vp run check:changed upstream/main --concurrency 2 passed: 155 tests, all three affected/dependent package typechecks, format, lint, both knip passes, and server GraphQL generation. No real provider requests were made.

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- Line 5848: Update the classification flow around codexTerminalFailureClass to
check newer terminal-notification evidence before reusing retry.errorInfo and
retry.nativeCode, so an HTTP 503 terminal notification remains provider_error
rather than being downgraded to transport_error. Preserve retry evidence as a
fallback when no newer terminal status applies, and add this sequence to the
existing table.
- Line 5844: Update the statusless fallback around the `failure.code ===
"other"` check to preserve the prior retry’s transport class when
`responseTooManyFailedAttempts` and completion provide no status evidence. Keep
the existing `provider_error` fallback for failures without transport evidence,
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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

tested github/main (8b44f42b14), the original head (53edc75cc5), and fixed head 7c444b9734 on this linux vm. used the real web app with repository playwright and system chrome, a git project added through the ui, and real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns through the local proxy. no replay or generated provider responses.

cut an established upstream connection after forwarding real response bytes. codex 0.164.0 reports structured no-status retries, then generic other terminal errors. main and the original head lost the transport class. the follow-up retains it only when the raw terminal text exactly matches the no-status retry details; different messages and http-status errors keep their own classification. newer terminal status also takes precedence over older retry evidence, while statusless retry exhaustion preserves matching transport evidence.

main / original head: retry transport_error -> terminal provider_error
fixed head:           retry transport_error -> terminal transport_error
default websocket retries + http fallback: transport_error at exhaustion
restore connection: FINAL_RECOVERY_OK
stop during retry: interrupted; subsequent turn: CONNECTION_AFTER_CANCEL_OK

normal turns, same-thread recovery, cancellation, and history after reload passed. check:changed through blacksmith passed format, lint, both knip checks, graphql generation, three package typechecks, and 162 tests. the unchanged ui uses its generic provider-error label for both classes; the client websocket event proves the classification.

real codex retry exhaustion and recovery; idle gaps removed

successful default-path recovery on the final head

command transcript and client-event comparison

Not verified

native desktop/mobile clients, macos/windows, and remote/relay/tunnel modes were not available in this linux web run. direct terminal-only structured variants and genuine upstream http 503/429 responses were not induced; their existing adapter cases passed.

Update at 234ec86782

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Written by claude-opus-5-5 on behalf of Maria

merged current main (67eebaca23) with a merge commit. two rows from #25341 needed reconciling with this PR:

  • an other completion no longer counts as class evidence, so a matching ChatGPT sharing notification keeps usage_limit (chatgpt-workspace-limit).
  • sharing-code-mention now expects transport_error: a statusless terminal disconnect is transport, and prose naming a sharing code still does not make it a usage limit.

also fixed two CodeRabbit findings: blank retry details fall back to the native message, and a non-retrying transport notification keeps its class when the completion repeats it as other. one row each in the existing table. check:changed through blacksmith passed format, lint, knip, typecheck, and 169 tests. the live codex run above was not repeated on this head.

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- Line 4763: Update the nativeDetails assignment in CodexAdapterV2 so
whitespace-only additionalDetails falls back to error.message, while preserving
the exact value of non-blank details. Add a whitespace-only details row to the
existing responseStreamDisconnected scenario table with an other completion
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- Around line 5863-5868: Update the terminal error classification in
CodexAdapterV2 so a matching non-retrying responseStreamDisconnected
notification is reused when the completion lacks classification evidence, even
if its code is "other". Preserve the existing message-match and retry behavior,
and avoid reclassifying the terminal event as provider_error when the
notification supplies the transport evidence.
- Around line 1173-1174: Update the terminal-event predicate in the Codex
failure handling flow so a missing completion code is treated as needing
transport evidence, alongside the existing “other” and exhaustion cases.
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