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Carries #6233 by @chiperman onto current dev as a maintainer PR. The three commits are replayed with their author. Two maintainer commits follow: a security fix found in review, and a structure-doc line-budget fix.

A completed hosted image_generation_call from a routed Responses provider can carry valid base64 image data and still show nothing in Codex App (#6231). For loopback-admitted, recognized Codex Responses clients, this projects hosted image items into an assistant message with phase: final_answer and a Markdown link to a validated local artifact. The projection applies the same way to SSE, JSON, and JSON synthesized into SSE.

  • The projection runs after the continuation-cache observers, so cached hosted items keep their upstream form. When the client replays its full history, exact generated local image links in assistant content are replaced by opaque artifact references before dispatch, so local paths never travel upstream. Unrelated paths, user messages and tool payloads are left unchanged.
  • Generic and remotely admitted clients keep the hosted format. Nothing changes in provider routing, and no extra generation request is made.
  • Artifacts reuse the existing image validation, byte budgets and retention. They are written to exclusive files with random names, display state is capped at 128 items, URL results are not downloaded, and oversized JSON snapshots are refused before any artifact is created.
  • Events with no valid output_index and no string item.id pass through untouched, so id-less items cannot share display state (CodeRabbit's finding, fixed by the author).

Maintainer security fix d6ff960a3d "fix(responses): redact hosted image paths on compaction and normalize matching". An independent security review of f457ecee0d found two gaps. P2: the remote compaction handler (src/server/responses/compact.ts) forwarded the client's history without the path redaction. After a hosted image turn, compaction therefore sent the assistant's local artifact link, which includes the home path, upstream. It now applies the same assistant-only redaction right after the body is parsed. P3: redaction matched only one exact spelling of the artifacts-directory prefix. It now matches the strict img-codex-<uuid>.<ext> name directly inside the artifacts directory, across / or \\ separators, file:// URLs and ./.. segments, and ignores case on macOS and Windows. Unrelated paths and non-assistant content stay untouched. Regressions: a real compact-handler request asserts that no local path reaches the upstream body (tests/responses/responses-hosted-image-delivery.test.ts), and path-variant cases cover redaction (tests/responses/responses-hosted-image-display.test.ts). The review's remaining P3, that client recognition trusts loopback admission plus the originator header, is the existing loopback trust model. Artifact writes stay bounded (128 items, byte budgets, pruning).

Maintainer commit f457ecee0d: structure/transports/responses-wire-shapes.md was already at its 600-line cap on dev, so the six added lines failed structure:check after the rebase. The detail moves into structure/data-planes/images.md and the wire-shapes doc keeps a one-line pointer. No source change.

Closes #6231

Carried from #6233. Original author: @chiperman.

Co-authored-by: chiperman 34889778+chiperman@users.noreply.github.com

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  • I did not run local test suites or typecheck, on the project owner's explicit instruction. This is separate from the AGENTS.md resource exception. The only execution evidence is hosted CI at the exact head, recorded before merge. The author's own local runs are recorded in fix(responses): display hosted image results in local Codex clients #6233.
  • Rebase onto origin/dev 7b2deb8059: only scripts/test-layout/layout.json and tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json conflicted. Both sides added entries, and both are kept.
  • Static checks run locally: git diff --check, bun run structure:check, and bun run scripts/privacy-scan.ts pass. No changed file has a cap in tests/fixtures/file-size-baseline.json.
  • No unresolved review threads remain on fix(responses): display hosted image results in local Codex clients #6233.

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  • 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. The PR writes local image artifacts and rewrites replayed history, so a MAINTAINERS.md security review is requested. An independent verdict bound to the exact head will be posted before merge.

chiperman and others added 4 commits October 1, 2026 21:58
- Project hosted image results into final assistant messages backed by validated local artifacts.
- Preserve upstream continuation state and add bounded delivery, synthetic tests, and documentation.
- Replace generated image paths with opaque artifact references before request dispatch.
- Cover full-history replay and pruned artifacts with regression tests and document the display boundary.
…udget

Moves the hosted-image SSE detail into data-planes/images.md and leaves a one-line pointer; dev already sat at the cap.
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The Responses delivery path now projects completed hosted image results into local artifacts and assistant image messages for qualifying local Codex clients. The request path also rewrites owned generated-image links in assistant history before further handling.

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Hosted Responses image display

Layer / File(s) Summary
Image validation and display projection
src/server/responses-hosted-image-display.ts, tests/responses/responses-hosted-image-display.test.ts, tests/fixtures/hosted-image-display.ts, structure/data-planes/images.md, docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/codex-integration.md, structure/INDEX.md, structure/manifest.json
Validates completed image data, saves eligible results as artifacts, and rewrites SSE and JSON output as assistant messages. The tests cover lifecycle events, limits, invalid data, failures, and client eligibility.
Assistant history path redaction
src/server/responses-hosted-image-display.ts, src/server/responses/request-prepare.ts, tests/responses/responses-hosted-image-delivery.test.ts, docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/codex-integration.md
Rewrites owned generated-image paths in assistant history before later request handling. Tests check that unrelated content and displayed text remain unchanged.
Responses delivery integration
src/server/responses/passthrough-delivery.ts, tests/responses/responses-hosted-image-delivery.test.ts, scripts/test-layout/layout.json, tests/fixtures/test-layout-expected.json, structure/transports/responses-wire-shapes.md, docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/codex-integration.md
Applies the projection to eligible clients after continuation-cache observers. Delivery tests cover SSE and JSON formats, client and platform combinations, caches, artifacts, and overflow behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CodexApp
  participant deliverPassthroughResponse
  participant ContinuationCacheObservers
  participant createHostedImageDisplayRewrite
  participant LocalArtifactStorage
  CodexApp->>deliverPassthroughResponse: Send Responses request
  deliverPassthroughResponse->>ContinuationCacheObservers: Observe upstream events
  deliverPassthroughResponse->>createHostedImageDisplayRewrite: Rewrite eligible response
  createHostedImageDisplayRewrite->>LocalArtifactStorage: Save validated image result
  createHostedImageDisplayRewrite-->>deliverPassthroughResponse: Return rewritten response
  deliverPassthroughResponse-->>CodexApp: Deliver assistant image message
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed PR #6394 meets the coding objective in directly linked issue #6231. src/server/responses-hosted-image-display.ts validates completed base64 results, saves them through existing artifact validation a…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed source, tests, fixtures, structure records, and documentation support the hosted Responses image display objective in #6231. The changes preserve hosted output for generic and remote clien…
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: displaying hosted image results for local Codex clients through the Responses API.
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Review comments at @src/server/responses-hosted-image-display.ts:
- Around line 152-188: Update rewrite and doneEvents so synthesized lifecycle
events omit output_index when the upstream frame has no valid output_index,
rather than defaulting it to 0. Keep using the item ID to identify state in
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Comment on lines +152 to +188
const rewrite = ((block: string): readonly string[] => {
const payload = sseDataPayload(block);
if (!payload || payload === "[DONE]") return [block];
let event: Row;
try { event = JSON.parse(payload); } catch { return [block]; }
if (!object(event)) return [block];
let result: Row[] = [event];
const hasIndex = Number.isSafeInteger(event.output_index) && event.output_index >= 0;
const index = hasIndex ? event.output_index : 0;
if (object(event.item) && event.item.type === "image_generation_call"
&& (hasIndex || typeof event.item.id === "string")) {
if (event.type === "response.output_item.added") {
const state = stateFor(event.item, index);
result = state.added ? [] : [{ ...event, item: state.message }];
state.added = true;
} else if (event.type === "response.output_item.done") {
result = doneEvents(event.item, index);
}
} else if (typeof event.type === "string" && event.type.startsWith("response.image_generation_call.")) {
// Hosted progress/partial-image frames refer to the replaced item; never expose mismatched ids.
result = [];
} else if (object(event.response)) {
const terminal = ["response.completed", "response.incomplete", "response.failed"].includes(event.type);
const injected: Row[] = [];
const response = snapshot(event.response, terminal, injected);
if (response !== event.response) result = [...injected, { ...event, response }];
}
const sequence = Number.isSafeInteger(event.sequence_number) ? event.sequence_number + extraSequence : undefined;
const shift = extraSequence;
extraSequence += result.length - 1;
return result.map((value, offset) => {
if (value === event && shift === 0 && result.length === 1) return block;
const next = sequence === undefined ? value : { ...value, sequence_number: sequence + offset };
const data = JSON.stringify(next);
return value.type === event.type ? replaceSseDataPayload(block, data) : "event: " + value.type + "\ndata: " + data;
});
}) as SseBlockRewrite & { json(text: string): string };

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Unindexed SSE frames all go to output_index 0.

Line 160 uses 0 as the index whenever event.output_index is missing or invalid. Line 162 still accepts the event when event.item.id is a string. doneEvents then emits output_index: 0 for the synthesized lifecycle frames (Lines 114, 117, 124).

Example: an upstream sends an image output_item.done with a string id and no output_index. The image sits at real position 2. The client receives content_part.added, output_text.delta, and output_item.done frames tagged output_index: 0. Those frames can collide with the message actually at index 0. The state key is still correct because it comes from the id. Only the emitted index is wrong.

The terminal snapshot path does not have this problem because it uses the real array index.

Fix: when hasIndex is false, omit output_index from the synthesized events instead of writing 0.

Proposed fix
-  function doneEvents(item: Row, index: number): Row[] {
+  function doneEvents(item: Row, index: number | undefined): Row[] {
     const state = complete(item, index);
     ...
-    const common = { item_id: message.id, output_index: index, content_index: 0 };
+    const at = index === undefined ? {} : { output_index: index };
+    const common = { item_id: message.id, ...at, content_index: 0 };

Apply the same at spread to the added and done events. Pass hasIndex ? event.output_index : undefined from rewrite. In stateFor, use the key "index:" + index only when index is defined.

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Update rewrite and doneEvents so synthesized lifecycle events omit output_index
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function stateFor(item: Row, index: number) {
const key = typeof item.id === "string" ? item.id : "index:" + index;

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P2 Badge Include the output index in image display state keys

When an upstream reuses the same string item.id for image calls at different output indices, both calls resolve to one state entry: the second output_item.added is suppressed, its completion reuses the first artifact, and the terminal snapshot contains duplicate copies of the first synthetic message instead of the second image. Key indexed events by both output_index and item.id (falling back to the ID alone only when no valid index exists), and add a regression case with duplicate upstream IDs at distinct indices.

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Maintainer integration record (MAINTAINERS.md, dev-only)

  • Carry of fix(responses): display hosted image results in local Codex clients #6233 by @chiperman. Exact head: d6ff960a3dd22fa91c9815244c062e34b7c5a831. Base: 7b2deb8059. git merge-tree is clean against origin/dev 7f6b5b7389 at report time.

  • Hosted CI at this head: Cross-platform CI run 36866185798 succeeded. Passing jobs: test 1/4 through test 4/4, gates, structure gate, storage policy, docker smoke, api usage, docs site build, ci. React Doctor 36866185695 and PR hygiene 36866559692 also succeeded. enforce-target runs 36866185834 and 36866559685 were cancelled while queued for a runner, with no step run, and the rerun of 36866559685 is queued. Confirm enforce-target is green before merge.

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  • Security review: an independent reviewer at f457ecee0d found a P2 (remote compaction forwarded local artifact paths upstream) and a P3 (exact-prefix path matching). Both are fixed in d6ff960a3d, with regressions. The re-review returned PASS bound to d6ff960a3dd22fa91c9815244c062e34b7c5a831. The remaining accepted P3: client recognition trusts loopback admission plus the originator header, which is the existing loopback trust model, and writes stay bounded.

  • Review threads: none open on fix(responses): display hosted image results in local Codex clients #6233. CodeRabbit's missing-identity finding was fixed by the author in e9b710fd90.

  • Attribution: the three carried commits are authored by @chiperman, and the squash carries Co-authored-by: chiperman <34889778+chiperman@users.noreply.github.com>. After merge, close fix(responses): display hosted image results in local Codex clients #6233 as carried and [Bug]: Completed hosted image results from a routed Responses provider are not displayed in Codex App #6231, which is closed by Closes #6231.

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