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Changing request-level reasoning effort can invalidate an otherwise reusable Astra prompt prefix. This automatically keeps the initial request-level effort and inserts configuration_update items before new user turns. It preserves earlier update positions through replay and retries, and records effective effort separately from the baseline reported by the upstream response.

  • Runs automatically, with no enable/disable setting. Rewriting is limited to canonical ChatGPT Codex forwarding with gpt-6-astra in standard single-agent mode. Public API destinations, other models, multi-agent history, and compaction use unchanged request-level behavior.
  • Scope persistent state by the distinct client thread and selected account. A private SQLite store bounds conversations, aggregate payload bytes, and physical database size; expires inactive entries; releases transaction locks after crashes; and registers its directory for uninstall cleanup. Missing history, conflicting retries, and unavailable state retain the requested effort.
  • Keep this independent of the side-chat cache proposal in Experimental: preserve parent prompt-cache prefixes for Desktop side chats #4222. This is the upstream port of the Astra-only local implementation (441c7aa29), without the combined local installation or its deployment files.

Protocol references: reasoning updates and compatibility, prefix preservation.

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At current head 82cf472a3, supported Astra requests activate cache preservation automatically. The environment switch is removed. Validation: 55 focused/core-boundary tests and 8,224 affected tests passed (2 existing skips); typecheck, privacy scan, and the 425-page docs build passed. Broader historical results below are labeled by their tested commits.

At prior head df78d400a, all four CodeRabbit comments are addressed: explicit registry coupling for the protocol gate, shared debug diagnostics, strict retry/byte-limit assertions, and chunk-safe child readiness. Validation: 37 focused tests and 8,223 affected tests passed (2 existing skips); typecheck, privacy scan, and the 425-page documentation build passed. The broader split-suite results below apply to the preceding head; they were not rerun for these scoped changes.

At head 7f3cece76048cc63c17739559d90dca101755942, based on dev commit 6101140ffc8853daac57b083b0112dd6ef80241f, using pinned Bun 1.4.2:

  • bun run typecheck — passed.
  • bun run test:changed — 8,223 passed, 2 skipped, 0 failed across 347 files.
  • Focused effort-state tests — 37 passed, including crash recovery in a separate process, aggregate count/byte limits, expiry, permissions, and uninstall ownership.
  • bun run test --path-ignore-patterns '**/routing-policy-surface-parity.test.ts' — 22,543 passed, 40 existing skips, 0 failed, including the repository's serial lanes.
  • bun test --isolate --parallel=1 tests/routing/routing-policy-surface-parity.test.ts — all 6 passed. Together these runs cover the full suite: 22,549 passes.
  • bun run privacy:scan and git diff --check — passed.
  • Documentation: frozen-lockfile dependency installation and bun run build — passed, 425 pages.
  • Repository description, hygiene, and sponsored-surface validators — passed without waiver labels.

The ordinary bun run prepush/full parallel command did not pass: Bun 1.4.2 crashes with SIGSEGV in routing-policy-surface-parity.test.ts when included in the broad parallel run. The same crash was reproduced on an untouched worktree at the exact dev base above. The file passes alone on both trees. The complete split runs above are supplemental evidence, not a claim that the default pre-push command is green.

Prior live validation used synthetic prompts and five-token replies on the private Codex backend, including through OpenCodex. Invalid effort and adjacent-update controls returned explicit HTTP 400 errors. HTTP and WebSocket accepted the item. An isolated medium→low→medium sample retained 3,328 cached tokens after warming. A later combined local sample missed on its first low request, then reused 3,328 tokens on replay and switch-back. These observations validate protocol support and possible reuse, not guaranteed cache hits. The bounded SQLite revision has automated validation; these earlier live measurements used its predecessor's persistence implementation.

Independent review-agent review of 7f3cece76048cc63c17739559d90dca101755942: No findings, including security. The first pass identified aggregate storage growth, crash-abandoned locks, and uninstall ownership; all three were fixed and re-reviewed. The reviewer inspected code/tests; test execution and results below are author-run. Remaining coverage limits include Windows ACL execution, forced commit/disk-full failures, and peak rollback-journal measurement.

Security notes: no request text, raw account/thread identifiers, or credentials are written to the effort store or new diagnostics. The feature does not change credentials, credential destinations, admission, or workflow permissions. Independent review is not maintainer approval; maintainer review of state isolation and protocol compatibility remains required before merge. CI results and readiness are tracked separately from local checks. GitHub Cross-platform CI and React Doctor currently require maintainer approval for this fork.

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  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults.

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  • New Features

    • Added automatic Astra effort-cache preservation for supported ChatGPT Codex requests.
    • Preserves reasoning effort across conversation turns and applies updates when effort changes.
    • Stores bounded conversation state with automatic expiration and eviction.
    • Provides diagnostics and fallback behavior for unsupported requests or conversation identities.
  • Documentation

    • Added configuration reference documentation covering cache preservation and compatibility limits.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for persistence, recovery, request integration, fallbacks, and storage limits.

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Adds Astra effort-cache preservation for supported Responses requests. The cache rewrites effort changes, stores bounded per-conversation state in SQLite, integrates with the OpenAI Responses adapter, adds end-to-end tests, and documents fallback behavior.

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Astra effort cache

Layer / File(s) Summary
Durable Astra state storage
src/adapters/astra-effort-state.ts
Adds guarded SQLite storage with directory and file permissions, transactional updates, seven-day retention, session and payload limits, and eviction.
Request validation and effort rewriting
src/adapters/astra-effort-cache.ts
Validates supported requests, matches conversation prefixes, handles retries and fallbacks, persists snapshots, and inserts configuration_update items when effort changes.
OpenAI Responses integration and validation
src/adapters/openai-responses.ts, tests/responses/astra-effort-cache.test.ts, scripts/test-layout/layout.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json
Enables the cache for canonical OpenAI forwarding when configured. Tests cover rewriting, persistence, unsupported inputs, framing, diagnostics, isolation, and lifecycle limits.
Configuration reference
docs-site/src/content/docs/reference/configuration/server.md
Documents supported conditions, state limits, diagnostics, and fallback behavior.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant OpenAIResponses
  participant AstraEffortCache
  participant SQLiteState
  Client->>OpenAIResponses: send Responses request
  OpenAIResponses->>AstraEffortCache: apply cache when supported
  AstraEffortCache->>SQLiteState: load and update conversation snapshot
  SQLiteState-->>AstraEffortCache: return prior state
  AstraEffortCache-->>OpenAIResponses: return rewritten request and diagnostics
  OpenAIResponses-->>Client: forward request and reasoning log
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In `@src/adapters/astra-effort-cache.ts`:
- Around line 47-59: Update applyAstraEffortCache and unsupported to use the
provider registry’s gpt-6-astra model identifier and exact effort ladder instead
of duplicating those values locally. Pass the registry-derived metadata through
the cache validation flow, or explicitly document the intentional coupling and
identify the registry symbols that must remain synchronized.

In `@src/adapters/openai-responses.ts`:
- Around line 2525-2526: Replace the console.info call in the Astra effort-cache
diagnostic with debugProviderDiagnostic, preserving the existing allowlisted
status, baseline, and effective fields while routing output through the shared
debug filtering, redaction, buffering, and stderr path.

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expecting the returned value to equal low with status "replay"; remove the
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measure the state size using length(CAST(state AS BLOB)) so the test validates
byte length.
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이 PR은 gpt-6-astra로 긴 대화를 이어 갈 때, 요청마다 reasoning.effort를 바꾸면 프롬프트 캐시 접두가 깨지는 문제를 줄이려는 실험용 옵트인입니다. 환경 변수 OCX_ASTRA_EFFORT_CACHE=1일 때만 켜지고, 기본은 꺼져 있습니다. 지금 dev HEAD 6101140ff(package 2.51.0, 직전 머지 #4223 wp4 feasibility 문서)에는 src/adapters/astra-effort-cache.tsastra-effort-state.ts가 없습니다. 제품 런타임 tip은 여전히 freeze 6d3ad12e3 쪽이고, 지금 tip이 하는 일은 레인 소유·범위·실현 가능성 문서 정리입니다. 그래서 이 PR은 급한 버그픽스가 아니라, Astra 캐시 보존을 프로토콜 방식으로 시험해 보려는 후순위 실험입니다. #4222(사이드 채팅 접두 재사용)와도 작성자가 명시한 대로 독립입니다.

동작 요지는 단순합니다. 같은 스레드·같은 ChatGPT 계정에서 처음 본 effort를 기준(baseline)으로 고정하고, 이후 요청의 effort가 바뀌면 요청 본문의 reasoning.effort는 baseline으로 두고, 새 사용자 메시지 앞에 configuration_update 아이템을 끼워 넣습니다. 예전에 넣었던 업데이트는 원래 자리에 다시 재생합니다. 같은 effort 재시도는 업데이트를 또 만들지 않습니다. 스레드 정체성은 thread-id 헤더 또는 client_metadata.thread_id만 인정하고, parent/session/공유 캐시 키만으로는 켜지지 않습니다. 상태는 $OPENCODEX_HOME/astra-effort-cache/state.sqlite에 해시·위치·effort만 남기고, 대화 본문·계정 원문·자격 증명은 쓰지 않습니다. 대화당 스냅샷·바이트 한도, 전체 128개/16MiB, 7일 만료, 32MiB DB 상한, 크래시 후 락 복구, uninstall ownership 등록까지 테스트에 잡혀 있습니다. 훅 지점은 src/adapters/openai-responses.ts의 canonical ChatGPT Codex forward 패스스루에서 stripDisabledVerbosity 직후입니다. 커스텀 게이트웨이·Luna·Pro·multi-agent·compaction·자동 truncation은 그대로 요청 effort를 씁니다.

품질 면에서는 #4222보다 정리가 잘 되어 있습니다. hygiene/label/enforce-target는 통과했고, 파일도 문서·어댑터 두 개·패스스루 한 줄·테스트·레이아웃 정도로 범위가 좁습니다. types.ts/config.ts 분할 캠페인과 충돌하는 config 스키마 추가는 피했고(환경 변수만 사용), 기본 off라서 플래그를 안 켠 사용자는 경로가 거의 무해합니다. 작성자가 밝힌 Bun 1.4.2 병렬 SIGSEGV는 routing-policy-surface-parity.test.ts에서 dev 깨끗한 트리에서도 재현된다고 하니, 이 PR만의 회귀로 단정하긴 어렵습니다. 다만 Cross-platform CI는 포크라 메인테이너 승인이 필요하고, 체크리스트도 "ready for review"가 아직 비어 있으며 DRAFT입니다. 지금 레인 wp4·제품 freeze 게이트 위에서는 실험 옵트인을 바로 착륙시킬 자리가 아닙니다.

라인 약 84–86 (src/adapters/astra-effort-cache.ts) - ASTRA_MODELEFFORTS가 레지스트리 문자열을 하드코딩합니다. 주석으로 PROVIDER_REGISTRY 정렬을 말했지만, openai forward 쪽 Astra 사다리가 바뀌면 여기가 조용히 어긋날 수 있습니다.
경로 applyAstraEffortCache / openai-responses.ts 훅 - 플래그 on일 때만 SQLite를 열고 트랜잭션합니다. 실험 단계에선 괜찮지만, 나중에 기본에 가깝게 넓히면 요청 경로 지연·락 경합을 다시 재야 합니다.
경로 missing_thread_identity / Desktop - 문서도 Desktop은 updated 진단을 확인하라고 합니다. thread-id를 안 주는 클라이언트는 영원히 무효화되므로, "켰는데 효과가 없다" 이슈가 나올 수 있습니다.
경로 conflicting_retry / baseline_reset - 같은 입력에 다른 effort 재시도나 히스토리 공백은 요청 effort로 떨어집니다. 의도된 안전장치지만, 운영자가 캐시가 안 남는다고 느낄 수 있습니다.
경로 /responses/compact - 프록시가 넣은 업데이트를 compact 단독 경로에 자동 재주입하지 않습니다. 문서와 일치하지만, compact 이후 effort 보존은 후속 작업입니다.
경로 #4222와의 관계 - 둘 다 캐시 접두 실험이지만 문제 공간이 다릅니다. 함께 켜는 조합·순서 테스트는 아직 없습니다.
경로 CI readiness - DRAFT + Cross-platform CI 승인 대기. 로컬 분할 스위트 증거는 충분해 보이지만, 메인테이너 승인 CI 그린 전에는 ready가 아닙니다.

메인테이너의 판단이 필요한 지점

  • wp4/레인 freeze가 끝난 뒤에야 이 실험 옵트인을 dev에 들일지, 아니면 지금 DRAFT로만 유지할지
  • effort 사다리를 레지스트리에서 import할지, 지금처럼 하드코딩+주석으로 둘지
  • Desktop/클라이언트가 안정적인 thread-id를 주는지 실측 확인을 머지 조건에 넣을지
  • #4222와 동시 옵트인 시 상호작용을 별도 이슈로 받을지, 이 PR 범위 밖으로 명확히 닫을지
  • Cross-platform CI를 메인테이너가 승인·실행한 뒤에만 ready로 올릴지

너의 추천
DRAFT를 유지하세요. 기본 off·범위 좁음·문서/테스트 밀도는 좋지만, 지금 dev tip(6101140ff)의 우선순위는 레인 feasibility·lane PR이지 Astra 캐시 실험이 아닙니다. Cross-platform CI 승인·그린과 Desktop thread-id 실측이 오기 전에는 Ready로 올리지 마세요. types/config 분할에 치일 위험은 환경 변수 방식이라 낮습니다. #4222와 묶지 말고, 필요하면 랜딩 순서를 메인테이너가 따로 정하세요. 실사용 버그(#4210, #4203 등)와 레인 착륙이 먼저입니다.

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@nahuelb nahuelb changed the title feat: preserve Astra prompt prefixes across reasoning effort changes feat: Change Astra reasoning mid-conversation without breaking cache Sep 10, 2026
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Current-head correction at 82cf472: the earlier bot review describes an experimental OCX_ASTRA_EFFORT_CACHE=1 gate, but that is no longer the patch. createResponsesPassthroughAdapter invokes this automatically for supported canonical Astra requests, and the new docs explicitly say there is no enable/disable setting. Please do not base acceptance on the earlier default-off assessment.

I checked the linked official reasoning guide: configuration_update is a documented Astra standard/single-agent mechanism, so this is not being rejected as an invented API field. That protocol support does not by itself justify automatic proxy-owned history rewriting and persistent state for every eligible user. @lidge-jun please explicitly decide the default/opt-out policy before sponsorship or merge; my recommendation is to retain an opt-in rollout until the real caller path and performance are demonstrated.

withAstraEffortState performs synchronous ownership/permission work, opens SQLite, runs schema/pruning/transaction work, and closes it on each eligible call. Please measure that enabled hot path, including Windows permission handling and concurrent calls, and supply exact-head product checks plus HTTP/WS continuation and standalone-compaction acceptance evidence. The unit transformer/state tests are useful but do not establish all those caller contracts. No live account probe or local state creation was performed.

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