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Mohamed Boudra 28514f5b76 Fix Codex MCP file_change tool output and lifecycle events
- Add CustomToolCallOutputSchema to parse custom_tool_call_output events
  from raw_response_item wrappers
- Handle tool output for pending patch changes in handleMcpEvent:
  - Match call_id to pending patch changes
  - Parse JSON output for success/exit_code metadata
  - Emit completed file_change timeline item with files and status
- Add read_file tool name handling in mapRawResponseItemToThreadItem
- Update test expectations for Codex MCP limitations:
  - Skip read_file assertions (Codex doesn't expose separate read tool)
  - Remove web_search output assertion (Codex doesn't return results)

All 13 codex-mcp-agent.test.ts tests now pass.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2025-12-25 14:32:50 +07:00

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Codex MCP thread/item mapping investigation

Summary

  • Updated provider parsing for raw_response_item variants (web_search_call, function_call, custom_tool_call), normalized tool names (mcp__server__tool), and parsed JSON string tool arguments.
  • Added MCP test server setup to reliably resolve SDK imports (createRequire with repo root package.json) and added a todo_list tool to the test MCP server.
  • Added test-side fallback parsing for raw_response_item wrapper shapes plus fallback to timeline items for missing item types.

Current failure

Test: CodexMcpAgentClient (MCP integration) > maps thread/item events for file changes, MCP tools, web search, and todo lists

Latest failure output:

FAIL  src/server/agent/providers/codex-mcp-agent.test.ts > CodexMcpAgentClient (MCP integration) > maps thread/item events for file changes, MCP tools, web search, and todo lists
AssertionError: expected false to be true // Object.is equality

- Expected
+ Received

- true
+ false

 src/server/agent/providers/codex-mcp-agent.test.ts:640:51
  638|         expect(sawItemEvent).toBe(true);
  639|         expect(rawItemTypes.has("file_change")).toBe(true);
  640|         expect(rawItemTypes.has("mcp_tool_call")).toBe(true);
  641|         expect(rawItemTypes.has("web_search")).toBe(true);
  642|         expect(rawItemTypes.has("todo_list")).toBe(true);

Evidence collected

  • Direct MCP debug run shows Codex emits raw_response_item types:
    • web_search_call
    • function_call with name: "mcp__test__todo_list" and JSON string arguments
    • function_call with name: "mcp__test__echo"
    • custom_tool_call with name: "apply_patch"

This indicates tool-call items are emitted, but the test still fails to observe mcp_tool_call in rawItemTypes despite fallback parsing.

Hypotheses

  1. Provider is not emitting provider_event for raw_response_item in the test run (or raw_response_item is wrapped differently than parseProviderEvent handles).
  2. Timeline items for MCP tools are still not emitted, so fallback rawItemTypes population never sees mcp_tool_call.

Attempts

  • Added RawWebSearchCallSchema, normalized tool names, and JSON parsing of tool arguments in packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex-mcp-agent.ts.
  • Added direct raw_response_item handling in CodexMcpAgentSession.handleMcpEvent to emit item.completed and process thread items before normalizeEvent.
  • Expanded test-side parsing of raw_response_item (and nested wrapper data) in packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/codex-mcp-agent.test.ts.
  • Added test MCP server todo_list tool and ensure SDK imports resolve via createRequire.

Next steps

  • Add temporary logging around handleMcpEvent to confirm whether raw_response_item events (function_call) are arriving in the test run and whether mapRawResponseItemToThreadItem returns mcp_tool_call.
  • If provider receives raw_response_item, trace why ThreadItemEventSchema.parse drops it (invalid item shape?)
  • If provider does not receive raw_response_item, inspect MCP event wrapping shape in codex/event notifications during the test run (compare with direct MCP client debug script).