refactor(client): sign relay request URLs built from the HttpApi contract

[juliusmarminge]

Closes #17600. Follow-up to #17599.

Each authenticated HTTP loader passed executeAuthenticatedEnvironmentHttpRequest two separate descriptions of one request: a hand-written URL template to sign for DPoP, and the typed HttpApi client call that actually sends it. #17599 was a bug where those two disagreed about encoding an mcp: thread id. Over T3 Connect the environment rejected the request as a URL mismatch, and users saw it as invalid_credential.

Now the url option receives the group's contract URL builder (HttpApiClient.urlBuilder, via the existing makeEnvironmentHttpApiUrlBuilder), so callers pick an endpoint instead of writing a path. The builder encodes params and query with the same code as the request client, so the signed URL is the sent URL by construction. The history and bounded snapshot loaders share one { params, query } value between the URL and the request. Signers already drop the query when computing htu, so including it changes nothing on the wire.

All seven loaders move over: thread snapshot, bounded snapshot, history, shell snapshot, session, WebSocket ticket, and PR diff. The tests now assert that every loader's proof signs exactly the fetched URL, on the first attempt and on the credential-renewal retry, instead of rebuilding the expected path from a template.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This focused refactor makes DPoP proofs use the same contract-derived URLs as the authenticated requests and adds coverage for encoded thread IDs and retries. Because it changes production authentication and proof-verification behavior across several endpoints, human review is warranted.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	20.9 KiB	20.9 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	5.0 KiB	5.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	6.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	3.8 KiB	3.8 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	4.9 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	1.2 KiB	1.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	2.0 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	21.2 KiB	21.2 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	29.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	2	2	0 (0.0%)	8	✅

Baseline: a1db449 · PR result: 6445712 · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Authenticated environment requests and state loaders now derive request URLs from API URL builders. DPoP tests compare proofs with the exact URLs sent in requests.

Changes

Environment request URLs

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Build authenticated request URLs from API builders packages/client-runtime/src/state/environmentHttpAuth.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/environmentHttpAuth.test.ts	The authenticated request helper applies the selected API group’s URL builder. It uses the resulting URL for the request and timeout error. Tests compare DPoP proofs with the exact request URL.
Use API builders for thread endpoints packages/client-runtime/src/state/boundedThreadSnapshotHttp.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadHistoryHttp.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadSnapshotHttp.ts	Thread snapshot and history loaders obtain URLs from typed API endpoint builders. The history loader reuses its endpoint parameters in the client call.
Use API builders for other environment endpoints packages/client-runtime/src/state/pullRequestDiffHttp.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/deviceHubAccess.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/session.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/shellSnapshotHttp.ts	Diff, WebSocket ticket, session, and shell snapshot loaders obtain URLs from API URL builders.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 64457

The change is mergeable; add the missing session-renewal and WebSocket-ticket URL assertions for regression protection.

Pre-merge checks | 4

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the main change: signing relay request URLs built from the HttpApi contract.
Description check		The description explains the problem, the contract-based URL builder change, affected loaders, linked issue scope, and agent attribution. It is relevant and mostly complete, but it does not provide ex…
Linked Issues check		The PR addresses the active coding requirements in [#17600]. executeAuthenticatedEnvironmentHttpRequest now builds URLs through makeEnvironmentHttpApiUrlBuilder, which uses the contract URL builde…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed source files implement the URL-construction requirement from [#17600]. The test changes verify signed and sent URL equality and retry behavior. No unrelated product behavior or unrelated f…

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packages/client-runtime/src/state/session.ts (1)

58-64: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the renewed session proof URL.

The session renewal test exercises the retry path but does not compare the renewed DPoP proof URL with the retried request URL. A regression in url: (urls) => urls.session() could therefore pass this test while signing a different URL.

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       expect(harness.calls).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(harness.proofs[1].url).toBe(harness.calls[1]!.url);
     }),
   );

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Review comment at @packages/client-runtime/src/state/session.ts around lines 58
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Update the session renewal retry test to assert that the second DPoP proof’s URL
matches the retried request’s URL, using the existing harness calls and proofs;
leave the session request configuration unchanged.

packages/client-runtime/src/state/deviceHubAccess.ts (1)

46-52: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add focused coverage for resolveDeviceHubAccess.

resolveDeviceHubAccess now signs urls.webSocketTicket(), but no test invokes this loader. Add first-attempt and credential-renewal tests that compare the DPoP proof URL with the ticket request URL. A regression in this callback can otherwise pass the existing tests. This is separate from the session retry gap, which exercises renewal but does not assert URL equality.

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Review comment at @packages/client-runtime/src/state/deviceHubAccess.ts around
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Add focused tests for resolveDeviceHubAccess that verify the DPoP proof URL
matches the webSocketTicket request URL on both the initial attempt and after
credential renewal. Keep these assertions specific to the ticket loader rather
than relying on session retry coverage.

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Review comments at @packages/client-runtime/src/state/deviceHubAccess.ts:
- Around line 46-52: Add focused tests for resolveDeviceHubAccess that verify
the DPoP proof URL matches the webSocketTicket request URL on both the initial
attempt and after credential renewal. Keep these assertions specific to the
ticket loader rather than relying on session retry coverage.

Review comments at @packages/client-runtime/src/state/session.ts:
- Around line 58-64: Update the session renewal retry test to assert that the
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• packages/client-runtime/src/state/pullRequestDiffHttp.ts
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