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fix: give the upstream Codex's tools instead of dropping them
fedecia Aug 21, 2026
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fix: give a restored custom tool call a `ctc` item id
fedecia Aug 21, 2026
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185 changes: 176 additions & 9 deletions crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/responses/buffered.rs
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Expand Up @@ -88,7 +88,32 @@ impl FormatCodec for OpenAiResponsesCodec {
policy,
)?;
let mut tool_namespaces = Map::new();
request.tools = decode_responses_tools(body.get("tools"), &mut tool_namespaces);
let mut custom_tools = Map::new();
let mut additional_tools = Map::new();
request.tools =
decode_responses_tools(body.get("tools"), &mut tool_namespaces, &mut custom_tools);
// Codex 0.146 declares its tools in an `additional_tools` input item rather
// than in `tools`, so a request that offers a full toolset arrives with no
// `tools` key at all. Decoding the item here is what lets those tools reach
// an upstream; left in the input they become opaque user content and the
// model is offered nothing to call.
let specs = crate::codex_tools::additional_tool_specs(body.get("input"));
if !specs.is_empty() {
let decoded = decode_responses_tools(
Some(&Value::Array(specs)),
&mut tool_namespaces,
&mut custom_tools,
);
for tool in decoded {
// A name already declared in `tools` wins: it is the more specific
// declaration, and two entries would be an invalid toolset.
if request.tools.iter().any(|known| known.name == tool.name) {
continue;
}
crate::codex_tools::record_additional_tool(&mut additional_tools, &tool.name);
request.tools.push(tool);
}
}
request.tool_choice = body
.get("tool_choice")
.and_then(decode_responses_tool_choice);
Expand All @@ -109,6 +134,8 @@ impl FormatCodec for OpenAiResponsesCodec {
],
);
crate::codex_namespaces::attach_tool_namespaces(&mut request.extensions, tool_namespaces);
crate::codex_tools::attach_custom_tools(&mut request.extensions, custom_tools);
crate::codex_tools::attach_additional_tools(&mut request.extensions, additional_tools);
Ok(DecodedRequest {
request,
diagnostics,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -147,21 +174,53 @@ impl FormatCodec for OpenAiResponsesCodec {
if !instructions.is_empty() {
body.insert("instructions".to_string(), Value::String(instructions));
}
body.insert(
"input".to_string(),
// Tools the client declared through an `additional_tools` item go back
// there, so a Responses-to-Responses hop hands the upstream the same
// request shape it was given.
let additional_names = crate::codex_tools::additional_tool_names(&request.extensions);
let (additional, plain): (Vec<ToolDefinition>, Vec<ToolDefinition>) = request
.tools
.iter()
.cloned()
.partition(|tool| additional_names.contains(&tool.name));
let input = if additional.is_empty() {
encode_responses_input(
&request.messages,
&mut diagnostics,
_policy,
crate::codex_namespaces::tool_namespaces(&request.extensions),
)?,
);
if !request.tools.is_empty() {
)?
} else {
// The single-user-message shorthand is a bare string, which has no room
// for a declaration item, so the list form is required here.
let mut items = encode_responses_input_items(
&request.messages,
&mut diagnostics,
_policy,
crate::codex_namespaces::tool_namespaces(&request.extensions),
)?;
items.insert(
0,
json!({
"type": "additional_tools",
"role": "developer",
"tools": encode_responses_tools(
&additional,
crate::codex_namespaces::tool_namespaces(&request.extensions),
&crate::codex_tools::custom_tool_names(&request.extensions),
),
}),
);
Value::Array(items)
};
body.insert("input".to_string(), input);
if !plain.is_empty() {
body.insert(
"tools".to_string(),
encode_responses_tools(
&request.tools,
&plain,
crate::codex_namespaces::tool_namespaces(&request.extensions),
&crate::codex_tools::custom_tool_names(&request.extensions),
),
);
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -456,6 +515,63 @@ fn decode_responses_input(
arguments: item.get("arguments").cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| json!({})),
});
}
Some("custom_tool_call") => {
// Codex replays its freeform calls as `custom_tool_call`.
// Left unhandled these reach the catch-all below and become
// opaque user content, which teaches the model to write its
// next call as prose instead of calling the tool.
if !pending_tool_outputs.is_empty() {
flush_responses_tool_block(
&mut messages,
&mut pending_tool_calls,
&mut pending_tool_outputs,
&mut deferred_messages,
&mut pending_reasoning,
);
}
let id = item
.get("call_id")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.filter(|id| !id.is_empty())
.map(ToOwned::to_owned)
.unwrap_or_else(|| match &policy.deterministic_ids {
DeterministicIdPolicy::GenerateStable { prefix } => {
stable_id(prefix, index + 1)
}
DeterministicIdPolicy::Preserve => String::new(),
});
let input = item
.get("input")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.unwrap_or_default()
.to_string();
pending_tool_calls.push(ToolCall {
id,
name: item
.get("name")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.unwrap_or_default()
.to_string(),
// Spelled the way the tool is advertised on this wire,
// so the transcript matches the offered schema.
arguments: json!({
crate::codex_tools::CUSTOM_INPUT_PROPERTY: input
}),
});
}
Some("custom_tool_call_output") => {
pending_tool_outputs.push(ToolResult {
tool_call_id: item
.get("call_id")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.unwrap_or_default()
.to_string(),
content: vec![ContentBlock::Text {
text: item.get("output").map(json_string).unwrap_or_default(),
}],
is_error: None,
});
}
Some("function_call_output") => {
let tool_call_id = item
.get("call_id")
Expand All @@ -469,6 +585,12 @@ fn decode_responses_input(
is_error: None,
});
}
Some("additional_tools") => {
// A tool declaration, not conversation. `decode_request`
// has already lifted it into the request's tool list, so
// emitting it as content here would send the same 24 KB of
// schemas twice and, on a chat upstream, as prose.
}
None => {
return Err(TranslationError::InvalidValue {
path: format!("$.input[{index}].type"),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -776,6 +898,7 @@ fn request_role_from_responses(role: Option<&str>, path: &str) -> Result<Role> {
fn decode_responses_tools(
value: Option<&Value>,
namespaces: &mut Map<String, Value>,
customs: &mut Map<String, Value>,
) -> Vec<ToolDefinition> {
let Some(tools) = value.and_then(Value::as_array) else {
return Vec::new();
Expand All @@ -792,7 +915,7 @@ fn decode_responses_tools(
.get("name")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.filter(|name| !name.is_empty());
for mut child in decode_responses_tools(tool.get("tools"), namespaces) {
for mut child in decode_responses_tools(tool.get("tools"), namespaces, customs) {
// A nested container already qualified its own children, and the
// innermost name is the one that identifies the tool.
let already_qualified = namespaces.contains_key(&child.name);
Expand All @@ -808,6 +931,28 @@ fn decode_responses_tools(
}
out.push(child);
}
} else if tool.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some("custom") {
// A Codex freeform tool. A chat upstream has no `custom` type, so it is
// advertised as a function taking one string and recorded here, letting
// the response codec turn the call back into a `custom_tool_call`.
// Without this arm it falls through to the id-keyed fallback, which
// finds no `id` and drops the tool outright.
if let Some(name) = tool
.get("name")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.filter(|name| !name.is_empty())
{
crate::codex_tools::record_custom_tool(customs, name);
out.push(ToolDefinition {
name: name.to_string(),
description: tool
.get("description")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.map(ToOwned::to_owned),
parameters: crate::codex_tools::custom_tool_schema(),
strict: None,
});
}
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printf '%s\n' '--- buffered.rs outline ---'
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  crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/responses/buffered.rs \
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    if '"type": "namespace"' in text or '"type":"namespace"' in text:
        print(f"{p}: namespace literal")
        for i, line in enumerate(text.splitlines(), 1):
            if "namespace" in line:
                lo=max(1,i-8); hi=min(len(text.splitlines()),i+18)
                lines=text.splitlines()
                print("\n".join(f"{j}: {lines[j-1]}" for j in range(lo,hi+1)))
    if "record_custom_tool" in text or "restore_custom_tool_calls" in text:
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for lo, hi in [(1, 250), (430, 590), (1340, 1405), (1640, 1715)]:
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from pathlib import Path
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source = Path("crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/responses/buffered.rs").read_text()

# Read-only behavioral probe matching the control flow in decode_responses_tools
# and encode_responses_tools for a namespace containing a custom tool.
namespace = "mcp__docs"
bare = "search"
qualified = f"{namespace}__{bare}"

customs = {bare}                 # record_custom_tool runs in the recursive call
namespaces = {qualified: namespace}  # the parent qualifies the returned child
tool_name = qualified

encoded_kind = "custom" if tool_name in customs else "function"
split_for_encoder = namespaces.get(tool_name)
encoded = {
    "type": encoded_kind,
    "name": bare if encoded_kind == "function" and split_for_encoder else tool_name,
}
if encoded_kind == "function" and split_for_encoder:
    encoded["namespace"] = split_for_encoder

print("source checks:")
print("  custom recorded before parent qualification:",
      bool(re.search(r"record_custom_tool\(customs, name\).*?out\.push\(ToolDefinition", source, re.S)))
print("  parent qualifies child after recursive decode:",
      bool(re.search(r"for mut child in decode_responses_tools.*?child\.name = qualified", source, re.S)))
print("  encoder checks customs before namespace split:",
      bool(re.search(r"if customs\.contains\(&tool\.name\).*?let split = namespaces\.and_then", source, re.S)))

print("simulated state:")
print("  tool_name =", tool_name)
print("  custom_names =", sorted(customs))
print("  namespace_mapping =", namespaces)
print("  encoded =", encoded)

assert tool_name not in customs
assert encoded["type"] == "function"
assert encoded["name"] == bare
assert encoded["namespace"] == namespace
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Preserve the custom classification when qualifying a namespaced tool.

The decoder records the bare name, then qualifies the tool name. encode_responses_tools therefore emits a function definition instead of a custom definition. Keep the custom classification with the qualified name and add a round-trip test.

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In `@crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/responses/buffered.rs` around lines
934 - 955, Update the custom-tool handling in the decoder and
encode_responses_tools flow so the custom classification is recorded against the
qualified namespaced tool name rather than the bare name. Ensure encoding still
emits a custom definition for that qualified name, and add a round-trip test
covering decode, qualification, and re-encoding.

} else if tool.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some("function") {
if let Some(function) = tool.get("function").and_then(Value::as_object) {
if let Some(name) = function.get("name").and_then(Value::as_str)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1007,6 +1152,17 @@ fn encode_responses_input(
{
return Ok(Value::String(text.clone()));
}
encode_responses_input_items(messages, diagnostics, policy, namespaces).map(Value::Array)
}

// Encodes messages as Responses input items, without the single-user-message
// shorthand. A caller that has to prepend an item needs the list form.
fn encode_responses_input_items(
messages: &[Message],
diagnostics: &mut Vec<TranslationDiagnostic>,
policy: &TranslationPolicy,
namespaces: Option<&Map<String, Value>>,
) -> Result<Vec<Value>> {
let mut encoded = Vec::new();
for message in messages {
// Anthropic-signed thinking cannot be sent as Responses input.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1059,7 +1215,7 @@ fn encode_responses_input(
}));
}
}
Ok(Value::Array(encoded))
Ok(encoded)
}

// Encodes IR blocks that Responses represents as top-level input items.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1195,10 +1351,21 @@ fn encode_responses_content(
fn encode_responses_tools(
tools: &[ToolDefinition],
namespaces: Option<&Map<String, Value>>,
customs: &std::collections::HashSet<String>,
) -> Value {
let mut out: Vec<Value> = Vec::new();
let mut containers: Vec<(String, Vec<Value>)> = Vec::new();
for tool in tools {
// A tool the request declared as `custom` goes back out as `custom`, so a
// Responses-to-Responses hop is lossless and the freeform contract holds.
if customs.contains(&tool.name) {
out.push(json!({
"type": "custom",
"name": tool.name,
"description": tool.description.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
}));
continue;
}
let mut item = json!({
"type": "function",
"name": tool.name,
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