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fix(codex): emit max/ultra efforts unconditionally and expire stale clamp diagnostics - #4257

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Summary

  • max and ultra reasoning efforts are now advertised unconditionally in the written Codex catalog. The observed-runtime intersection no longer removes them — CLI versions that genuinely lack the two rungs are out of support, and hiding them from current clients costs more than it buys. Every other rung keeps the clamp, and hub admission stays fail-closed (catalogEffortCompatibility unchanged; the Connected catalog reports success while local Codex CLI rejects unsupported reasoning levels #4207 gate tests are untouched and green).
  • A persisted effort-clamp diagnostic now expires when the binary at its recorded path reports a different version. Windows updates Codex in place, and path equality alone kept a 0.135.0 observation hiding max/ultra on a 0.154.0 runtime whose own bundled catalog carries both rungs (the live repro behind this change).
  • ocx status, ocx doctor, and /api/settings now read one shared predicate (effortClampAppliesToRuntime + liveRemovedEfforts), so they no longer disagree about the same diagnostic file, and doctor no longer advises installing a newer binary than the one already selected.
  • A Reserve row whose sole surviving rungs are max/ultra is kept instead of being spliced out; {xhigh} vs {medium} still deletes the row.

Refs #4204. Does not close #4213 — the missing Astra card is a catalog-field question (availability_nux/upgrade are null even in the upstream bundled catalog), tracked in the devlog unit below.

Planning and audit record: devlog/_plan/260911_catalog_presentation_and_effort_projection/ (diff-level plan, evidence, three-round independent audit with an xai/grok-4.6 reviewer — FAIL, FAIL, PASS with all blockers folded — and the done summary).

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  • bun run typecheck — exit 0.
  • bun test (full suite) — exits 1 with 15 failures that all reproduce on a pristine worktree at the merge base (42184ead0): launchd repair/restart (macOS-only), system-env and loopback-companion destination tests, cursor integration status, pnpm POSIX shims, and one 5s bearer-admission timeout. Pre-existing Windows-host environment failures; none are reachable from this diff.
  • Focused gate on the 8 affected files (codex-catalog, codex-runtime, reserve-catalog, codex-convergence-account-selectors, catalog-go-exact-efforts, client-catalog-compatibility, cli-status-json, settings-stream-mode) — 510 pass / 0 fail.
  • bun run test:changed — 14080 pass, same pre-existing environment failures only.
  • Live activation on the reporting machine: a build from this branch prints Catalog clamp: inactive and no doctor warning against the real leftover 0.135.0 diagnostic at the unchanged binary path (installed 2.50.0 still warns); status and doctor now agree.

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  • Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
  • Docs or release notes were updated when needed. (docs-site codex-app-models.md "Reasoning top tiers"; devlog unit 000–060.)
  • Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults. (No auth/credential/workflow/release surface touched; the hub admission boundary is explicitly preserved.)

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  • New Features

    • Catalogs now retain the max and ultra reasoning tiers, even when the installed runtime does not advertise them.
    • Status, doctor, and settings reports now show only currently applicable effort restrictions.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Stale clamp warnings no longer persist after a runtime upgrade at the same path.
    • Reserve catalog entries with only max and ultra tiers remain available.
  • Documentation

    • Updated Codex model guidance to explain reasoning-tier availability and clamp behavior.

…lamp diagnostics

The observed-runtime clamp matched a persisted diagnostic to the current runtime by path alone, so an in-place Codex upgrade (the normal Windows case) kept max/ultra hidden forever. The diagnostic is now version-aware, rungs nothing clamps any more no longer keep the warning alive, and the sync clamp exempts max/ultra from the observed-runtime intersection while hub admission stays fail-closed. ocx status, ocx doctor, and /api/settings now read one shared predicate. Refs #4204.
Plan, evidence, architecture dispositions, test impact, open gaps, and the resumed-cycle revalidation with the three-round audit synthesis (reviewer: xai/grok-4.6). Phase 3 stays withdrawn pending a live account-roster probe.
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The change preserves max and ultra during catalog clamping, makes clamp diagnostics version-aware, aligns CLI and settings reporting, updates integration coverage, and documents the new behavior. Account-roster presentation-field work remains withdrawn.

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Catalog clamp and diagnostic handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Planning and validation records
devlog/_plan/260911_catalog_presentation_and_effort_projection/*
Records the implementation plan, architecture decisions, evidence, test impact, open gaps, revalidation results, and completed phases.
Runtime diagnostics and catalog clamping
src/codex/runtime.ts, src/codex/catalog/effort.ts
Adds the exempt max and ultra set, filters stale diagnostic entries, compares runtime versions for matching paths, and preserves exempt effort levels and defaults.
CLI and settings reporting
src/cli/doctor.ts, src/cli/status.ts, src/server/management/config-routes.ts
Uses live clamp data for warnings and catalogClamp.removedEfforts responses.
Behavior coverage and documentation
tests/codex-integration/*, tests/cli/cli-status-json.test.ts, tests/config/settings-stream-mode.test.ts, docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/codex-app-models.md
Updates tests for exempt tiers, version changes, mixed diagnostics, convergence, Reserve rows, and reporting payloads. Documents the new catalog behavior.

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Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning Issue #4213 requires unsupported Codex App calls to reach the required upstream or return an explanatory error. It also requires built-in image generation to work with a capable upstream or identify t… Implement the #4213 behavior in the proxy routing and image-generation paths. Add focused tests for unsupported /v1/* calls and image generation with and without a capable upstream. Each unsupported case must either reach the required ups…
Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The PR changes are unrelated to the directly linked issue #4213. src/codex/catalog/effort.ts preserves max and ultra; src/codex/runtime.ts changes clamp diagnostic expiry and filtering; `src/c… Remove the effort-catalog, runtime-diagnostic, status/doctor/settings, test, documentation, and devlog changes from this PR, or link them to an appropriate separate issue and submit the #4213 routing and image-generation implementation in a…
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Issue #4213 requires unsupported Codex App calls to reach the required upstream or return an explanatory error. It also requires built-in image generation to work with a capable upstream or identify the missing configuration. The current PR changes effort-catalog and diagnostic behavior in src/codex/catalog/effort.ts, src/codex/runtime.ts, src/cli/status.ts, src/cli/doctor.ts, and src/server/management/config-routes.ts. It adds related tests and documentation. The current diff has no changes to src/server/index.ts or src/server/images.ts, and the new tests do not exercise the #4213 routing or image-generation paths. Therefore, the linked issue requirements remain unmet.

Resolution

Implement the #4213 behavior in the proxy routing and image-generation paths. Add focused tests for unsupported /v1/* calls and image generation with and without a capable upstream. Each unsupported case must either reach the required upstream or return an error that identifies the call and the required configuration or action.

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Explanation

The PR changes are unrelated to the directly linked issue #4213. src/codex/catalog/effort.ts preserves max and ultra; src/codex/runtime.ts changes clamp diagnostic expiry and filtering; src/cli/status.ts, src/cli/doctor.ts, and src/server/management/config-routes.ts share clamp reporting. The PR also changes effort-related tests and docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/codex-app-models.md, and adds effort-catalog devlog records. These changes do not modify proxy endpoint admission, upstream routing, or image-generation configuration. The supplied evidence does not provide line numbers for the changed files.

Resolution

Remove the effort-catalog, runtime-diagnostic, status/doctor/settings, test, documentation, and devlog changes from this PR, or link them to an appropriate separate issue and submit the #4213 routing and image-generation implementation in a focused PR.

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이 PR은 Windows에서 Codex를 같은 경로에 덮어씌워 올린 뒤에도, 예전에 적어 둔 clamp 진단(예: 0.135.0이 max/ultra를 뺐다는 기록)이 경로만 같다고 계속 살아남아 최신 런타임(0.154대)에서도 max/ultra가 카탈로그에서 사라지던 #4204 실측을 고칩니다. 지금 dev HEAD는 42184ead0이고, 방금 올라온 건 #4255 L4 hub-state 쪽입니다. 이 PR은 그 hub 레인과 겹치지 않는 카탈로그/런타임 레인이라 독립으로 넣을 수 있습니다.

핵심은 두 갈래입니다. 첫째, 관찰된 Codex 런타임과 교집합으로 카탈로그를 깎을 때 max와 ultra는 더 이상 빼지 않습니다. src/codex/runtime.tsUNCLAMPABLE_REASONING_EFFORTS 한 벌을 두고, src/codex/catalog/effort.tsclampEntryToCodexSupportedEfforts가 그 집합을 예외로 삼습니다. CLI가 진짜로 그 단을 모르는 옛 버전은 지원 밖으로 두고, 지금 클라이언트에서 숨기는 비용이 더 크다는 판단입니다. 와이어에서는 예전처럼 routed는 clampToSupportedCodexEffort, native는 nativeEffortClamp가 max/ultra를 실제 지원 단으로 내리므로, 카탈로그에 보여 준다고 해서 옛 모델에 거짓으로 max를 보내는 구조는 아닙니다. docs-site의 codex-app-models.md도 그 정책을 그대로 적었습니다.

둘째, 저장된 clamp 진단이 “아직 유효한가”를 판별하는 effortClampAppliesToRuntime이 버전을 봅니다. 같은 실행 파일 경로라도 진단에 적힌 runtimeVersion과 지금 프로브한 버전이 둘 다 있고 다르면 무효입니다. Windows in-place 업그레이드가 바로 그 경우입니다. 한쪽 버전이 비어 있으면 보수적으로 유효로 둡니다. 또한 진단에 남은 단이 max/ultra뿐이면 liveRemovedEfforts가 빈 배열이 되어 경고 자체가 꺼집니다. ocx status, ocx doctor, /api/settings가 이 공통 서술어를 쓰도록 맞춰져서, 예전처럼 doctor만 옛 진단을 보고 더 새 바이너리를 깔라고 하던 불일치가 사라집니다.

Reserve 쪽도 손봤습니다. 관찰 런타임이 medium만 줄 때, Reserve 행의 살아남는 단이 max/ultra뿐이면 예전에는 사다리가 비어 행 자체가 splice로 빠질 수 있었습니다. 예외 단이 남으므로 행이 유지됩니다. {xhigh} 대 {medium}처럼 진짜로 비는 경우는 그대로 삭제합니다. #4213 Astra 카드 문제는 이번 범위가 아니라고 명시했고, 업스트림 번들 카탈로그의 availability_nux/upgrade가 null인 별 이슈로 남겨 둔 점이 맞습니다. hub 입장 게이트 catalogEffortCompatibility(#4207)는 손대지 않고 fail-closed를 유지합니다. 포커스 게이트 8파일 510 pass, 라이브 머신에서 Catalog clamp inactive 확인까지 적혀 있어 검증 밀도도 충분합니다.

라인 - src/codex/runtime.ts UNCLAMPABLE_REASONING_EFFORTS / liveRemovedEfforts / effortClampAppliesToRuntime - 정책·진단·표시의 한 축. 버전 불일치 시 무효화와 max/ultra-only 진단 무력화가 여기에 모임.
라인 - src/codex/catalog/effort.ts clampEntryToCodexSupportedEfforts - 관찰 교집합에서 max/ultra 예외. default도 예외 단이면 내리지 않음.
라인 - src/cli/doctor.ts / src/cli/status.ts / src/server/management/config-routes.ts - 세 표면이 같은 서술어를 읽어 경고·JSON이 어긋나지 않게 됨.
라인 - catalogEffortCompatibility (이번 diff 밖, 의도적) - hub 쪽은 여전히 max/ultra도 unsupported로 칠 수 있음. sync clamp 예외와 비대칭.
경로/심볼 - 진단 파일이 max/ultra만 남은 경우 다음 sync가 unlink하기 전까지 디스크에 남을 수 있음. 경고는 이미 꺼지지만 파일 잔존은 별 이슈.

메인테이너의 판단이 필요한 지점

너의 추천
dev에 merge. #4204 실측(경로 고정 + 버전만 올라간 Windows)과 doctor/status 불일치를 한 번에 잡고, hub #4207 게이트는 건드리지 않았다. 포커스 테스트·docs·devlog 단위까지 갖춰져 있다. merge 후 #4204에 landed 코멘트와 라벨을 붙이고 닫고, #4213은 열어둠. types/config split과 무관하다.

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In `@devlog/_plan/260911_catalog_presentation_and_effort_projection/000_plan.md`:
- Around line 11-18: Update the presentation-field summary in
devlog/_plan/260911_catalog_presentation_and_effort_projection/000_plan.md lines
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doctor.ts now uses effortClampAppliesToRuntime and the alignment is recorded in
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In `@docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/codex-app-models.md`:
- Around line 257-263: Update the documentation describing unconditional
visibility of the max and ultra tiers to explicitly state that catalog
visibility does not guarantee wire support or upstream provider/account
entitlement; add a brief clarification or link to the canonical provider
guidance without changing the surrounding sync and diagnostic behavior
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In `@src/codex/catalog/effort.ts`:
- Line 387: The default reasoning level must always be present in
supported_reasoning_levels. Update the repair logic around
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CodeRabbit review on #4257: the exempt default must survive only when the surviving ladder advertises it; an orphaned ultra default is repaired down without naming the rung in the clamp diagnostic. Also folds the three doc-coherence findings into the devlog unit and docs-site.
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