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fix(claude): keep native context failures terminal in Messages - #6516

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Transport #6513 is integrated into dev. This PR now targets dev and contains only the Messages fix; the refreshed head includes the parent integration commit.

Summary

  • Preserve context_length_exceeded when native Responses failures become Claude Messages. Both stream encoders retain the code and invalid_request_error; both collectors and failed JSON return HTTP 400 instead of a retrying 502. Classified non-2xx input-limit errors no longer carry Retry-After.
  • Add composed canonical-native-to-Messages wire regressions and direct-encoder assertions. Keep unknown failures, translator overflow, auth/quota handling and replay policy distinct; no history pruning, account switching or new recovery sends.
  • Addresses [Provider compatibility] Claude Code /compact gets stuck on 502 retries with native GPT-6.1 Sol #6504's error-projection path and documents recovery limits. This does not establish the reporter's exact upstream cutoff, add guaranteed 1M native support, or claim automatic compaction succeeded. Transport carry fix(responses): stabilize large native HTTP uploads (carry #6508) #6513 is reviewed separately.

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  • bun test tests/claude-integration/claude-outbound.test.ts tests/claude-integration/claude-messages-endpoint.test.ts tests/responses/protocol-direct-encoders-messages.test.ts tests/responses/responses-context-overflow.test.ts tests/test-layout.test.ts tests/test-layout-tooling.test.ts tests/ci-workflows/file-size-ratchet.test.ts — 238 passed, 0 failed.
  • Review follow-up: fixture setup/teardown now cleans up upstream even if setup or proxy shutdown throws; bun test tests/claude-integration/claude-outbound.test.ts tests/ci-workflows/file-size-ratchet.test.ts — 104 passed, 0 failed; typecheck passed. Independent interdiff review PASS; runtime and assertions unchanged.
  • Regression proof: initial new endpoint cases exposed eight failures; restoring all three pre-fix runtime files against the stronger composed/direct tests produced 13 failures. Restored fixes passed.
  • bun run typecheck, bun run privacy:scan, bun run structure:check — passed. cd docs-site && bun run build — passed (561 pages, 77,932 internal links).
  • Isolated real Claude Code 2.1.288 → local proxy /v1/messages → canonical native Responses executor redirected to synthetic terminal SSE: displayed API Error 400 and terminated in 0.765 s with three bounded upstream requests. Composed wire tests independently assert exact code and one upstream send per proxy request. No private conversation or external inference service was used. This is not a zero-client-retry or automatic-compaction claim.
  • Full local suite omitted because concurrent release worktrees share resources. The focused affected suites above ran; applicable exact-head PR CI remains required before integration.
  • Independent implementation/security review: PASS, no blockers. Additional partial-output, cancellation, and exact-code negative probes passed. Real subscription-account limits, the reporter's private session, and packaged Windows behavior remain unverified.

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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.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Claude Messages and Responses now report classified context-length rejections as HTTP 400 errors with the context_length_exceeded code, including in streaming responses.
    • These errors are no longer treated as retryable upstream failures. Other upstream errors retain their existing handling.
  • Documentation

    • Updated guidance explains how to respond to context-length errors, including reducing input or compacting earlier. OpenCodex does not automatically remove conversation history or tools.

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Classified upstream context-length failures now retain the context_length_exceeded code across Claude response paths. Non-streaming failures return HTTP 400 without a retry hint. Tests and documentation cover this behavior.

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Context-length error mapping

Layer / File(s) Summary
Classify Messages context errors
src/server/claude-messages.ts
The Messages server recognizes context_length_exceeded, skips retry handling for these errors, and returns HTTP 400 with the error code.
Preserve errors in translated responses
src/claude/outbound.ts, src/protocols/encoders/messages.ts, tests/responses/protocol-direct-encoders-messages.test.ts
Outbound and encoder paths preserve the context-length code. Collected translated errors return HTTP 400; other errors and translator-buffer limits retain their distinct status mappings.
Verify and document context errors
tests/claude-integration/claude-outbound.test.ts, docs-site/src/content/docs/guides/claude-code.md, structure/data-planes/inbound-compat.md, devlog/_plan/261003_release_lane_a/*
Integration tests cover classified context failures and unclassified failures. Documentation describes the error response and recovery guidance. Plan records cover test placement, validation evidence, and handoff status.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 3aeac

Classified context-length failures now reach Claude clients as non-retryable HTTP 400 invalid-request errors instead of retryable 502s. Other failure categories are unchanged, and no unresolved merge-blocking risk is evident.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3aeac

The change makes context-limit failures terminal without adding new access or recovery behavior. No introduced security issue was identified. Residual uncertainty remains because broader deployment exposure was not fully verified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The supported production impact is on callers of the existing Messages interface whose configured upstream produces a recognized context-limit failure. The examined changes alter client-visible failure semantics, not endpoint reachability or credential authority. Tenant, environment, and deployment-wide exposure were not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Classification consumes an exact context_length_exceeded code from an upstream response or adapter terminal error and projects it into the Messages response. Other terminal codes are not newly forwarded by these encoder changes. The handler also retains replay-refusal and native-maintenance-fence precedence.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The test fixture uses temporary configuration homes and loopback listeners. Canonical requests are redirected to the local upstream, and other non-loopback destinations are rejected. Nested cleanup attempts upstream shutdown even when proxy shutdown throws; afterEach restores global fetch and temporary homes. Current calls are awaited, and the repository runner requests per-file isolation. Arbitrary concurrency overrides and abrupt process termination were not verified.
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Review comments at @devlog/_plan/261003_release_lane_a/020_messages_context.md:
- Line 50: Update the plan text in the Messages-ingress instructions so
“HTTP400,” “status413,” and “passed143” include spaces between the terms and
numbers. Leave the surrounding requirements unchanged.

Review comments at @tests/claude-integration/claude-outbound.test.ts:
- Around line 1837-1869: Move the try/finally in withMessages to cover
saveConfig and startServer as well as the request and checks. Track the server
as optional so cleanup can stop it only if startup succeeded, and always stop
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Owner-authorized progressive maintainer integration into dev for release stabilization, not a self-approval.

I reviewed all three runtime changes and the follow-up test-cleanup diff. Only the established context_length_exceeded classification becomes terminal HTTP 400 in collected/JSON Messages; streaming encoders retain its exact code. Unknown upstream failures, local translation overflow, replay refusal and native maintenance handling retain their separate owners. No history pruning, new recovery send, credential rotation or upstream context expansion is introduced. Explicit scoped security review found no blocker; the independent lane review and late-thread closures are recorded.

Composed canonical-native-to-Messages regressions and the isolated real Claude Code 2.1.288 probe establish the proxy error-projection behavior. The client probe terminated with API 400 and three bounded upstream requests; it does not prove zero client retries, automatic compaction, the reporter's exact cutoff or guaranteed 1M input support. Mutation and focused regression evidence, typecheck/privacy/structure and documentation checks passed. The latest fixture cleanup makes teardown run even when setup/stop fails, without weakening assertions.

I assessed current dev's Ollama-only replay and identical-duplicate registry cleanup against this slice: no runtime overlap. The computed merge tree passes the repository's actual line-cap evaluator and parity of both test-layout maps. This is bounded union evidence; final independent integrated regression and full cross-platform CI remain mandatory before production release.

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