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fix(cli): retain custom Responses tool ownership hints - #1645

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Overview

Relay can already use a tool-call ID from a model response to help identify which agent owns a tool execution. It collects that evidence for function calls, but skips custom tool calls.

As a result, Codex can return the exact same ID in a custom tool's execution hook and Relay still falls back without recognizing the match. This PR includes custom calls in the existing ownership-hint matcher.

Model requests custom apply_patch: ID001
Codex executes it; hook reports:  ID001

Before: fallback; custom provider call was skipped
After:  matching custom-call hint carries ID001 and its owner
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What changes. Collect the custom call's invocation ID, name, original input text, and response owner. Pass that evidence to the existing matcher. The provider's item ID stays separate from the invocation ID.

When it can match. A hook must share the invocation ID, or have an unambiguous tool-name-and-argument match. Existing matching rules stay unchanged. Tied matches and unrelated executions retain fallback ownership.

When it cannot match. A code-mode wrapper can have a provider call_* ID while its inner execution hook has an exec-* ID. Collecting a wrapper hint does not establish that missing relationship. Unmatched hints can change the diagnostic status to ambiguous_fallback while leaving ownership unchanged.

Validation. Compared the release baseline with this patch alone using the installed Codex CLI. Focused Rust regressions passed; canonical Rust, Python, and Node suites passed on the combined checkout of the three related fixes. Repository pre-commit hooks passed on this branch. The follow-up smoke-test comment shows captured before/after telemetry with masked identifiers.

The positive smoke case uses a scripted Responses provider and the real Codex CLI: the CLI executes a direct custom apply_patch and emits matching hook IDs. Live-model code-mode calls are checked separately because they produce different inner IDs. The SessionManager regression also covers exact-ID child ownership and ambiguous/unrelated hooks.

History retention (#1643) and standard message normalization (#1644) are separate changes.

Where should the reviewer start?

Start with the direct-custom and ambiguous-hook regression, then the custom-call hint collector.

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  • New Features
    • Tool activity from OpenAI Responses custom tool calls can now be associated with the corresponding tool hooks. Matching uses explicit call IDs when available, or clear name-and-input matches; ambiguous cases retain fallback attribution.

Recognize custom tool calls using invocation IDs and literal free-form input. Keep provider item IDs separate, retain ambiguous ownership, and leave native execution identifiers unchanged.

Add regressions for explicit wrapper matches, duplicate wrapper inputs, absent invocation IDs, and unrelated inner executions.

Signed-off-by: Bryan Bednarski <bbednarski@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Bryan Bednarski <bbednarski@nvidia.com>
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The collector now extracts hints from eligible OpenAI Responses custom_tool_call items. Tests cover extraction and matching these hints to tool hooks. Documentation describes the retained fields and matching limits.

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Custom tool correlation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Extract custom tool hints
crates/cli/src/sessions/correlation.rs, crates/cli/tests/coverage/shared/session_tests.rs
The collector accepts custom calls with string name and input, records an optional call_id, and preserves the input string. Tests cover eligible fields and missing IDs.
Match hints to hooks
crates/cli/tests/coverage/shared/session_tests.rs, docs/nemo-relay-cli/codex.mdx
Tests cover exact-ID matches, ambiguous hooks, and fallback attribution. Documentation describes matching criteria and limits on ID substitution and wrapper-to-execution inference.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: Low · previous review df6a9

The new test could miss incorrect fallback ownership. Strengthening its assertion is advisable, but the identified gap alone does not block merging.

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Fresh before/after smoke test through the real Codex CLI (0.162.1), comparing release baseline 57184ba79 with this patch alone (60c4ed24c).

For the positive case, a scripted Responses provider returned a direct custom apply_patch call. The installed CLI actually created linkage-proof.txt with the expected content and emitted both tool hooks. The model response was synthetic; this is not presented as a live model choosing that wire shape.

The provider's invocation ID was ID001. Both runs' PreToolUse hooks exposed that same ID (the fixture deliberately reused the same literal ID across the two independent runs). Selected actual hook fields, with consistent ID placeholders:

{
  "hook_event_name": "PreToolUse",
  "tool_name": "apply_patch",
  "tool_use_id": "ID001"
}

Before: Relay kept the execution ID but fell back without recognizing the custom provider call:

{
  "category_profile": {
    "tool_call_id": "ID001"
  },
  "metadata": {
    "hook_event_name": "PreToolUse",
    "tool_correlation_status": "agent_fallback"
  }
}

After: Relay matched the custom-call hint and retained its source, ID, name, and original input:

{
  "category_profile": {
    "tool_call_id": "ID001"
  },
  "metadata": {
    "hook_event_name": "PreToolUse",
    "tool_correlation_status": "single_hint",
    "tool_correlation_source": "openai_response_custom_tool_call",
    "tool_correlation_tool_call_id": "ID001",
    "tool_correlation_tool_name": "apply_patch",
    "tool_correlation_arguments": "*** Begin Patch\n*** Add File: linkage-proof.txt\n+linkage-apply-patch-ok\n*** End Patch"
  }
}

This root-only run demonstrates recognition of an available provider-to-hook match; its parent stays the root turn. The regression test separately covers assigning an exact-ID match to the response's subagent owner. This PR does not change the matching scores or rewrite the execution ID.

I also ran a separate live-model code-mode control before and after. Both runs completed the shell command, but their inner hooks omitted the enclosing provider wrapper ID:

Live code-mode control Before After
Correlation status agent_fallback ambiguous_fallback
Provider correlation ID attached to the inner execution Absent Absent
Fallback parent Root turn Root turn

The after run has an unmatched wrapper hint, so it reports ambiguity rather than claiming a match. This is the remaining wrapper-to-inner-execution gap, and the test confirms this patch does not invent that edge.

The positive case used default enable_full_payloads=false; no #1643 or #1644 fixes were applied. Captures used isolated local sinks and were not exported to Databricks. Telemetry identifiers in the excerpts are masked; field names and non-ID values are preserved.

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#### Overview

After Codex uses a tool, its next model request contains the user’s
prompt, the tool call, and the tool’s result. Relay can accidentally
export **only the result**, losing the messages that explain why the
tool ran.

This PR fixes the history filter so the exported conversation keeps that
context.

For example, in the reproduced case:

```text
Model request:   instructions → user prompt → tool call → tool result
Exported before:                                         tool result
Exported after:  instructions → user prompt → tool call → tool result
```

The model receives the complete request throughout. The bug affects the
history Relay records in telemetry.

- [x] I confirm this contribution is my own work, or I have the right to
submit it under this project's license.
- [x] I searched existing issues and open pull requests, and this does
not duplicate existing work.

#### Details

**Why it happens.** When full-history export is disabled, Relay trims
later model requests to the current user turn. OpenAI Responses messages
can carry an item ID or extra provider fields. Relay keeps those
messages in their original provider format to preserve those fields, but
the history filter only recognized its regular `User` message type. It
missed the user prompt in these requests and fell back to keeping the
final item—often the tool result.

**What changes.** The filter reads the message’s role even when Relay
preserves its original provider format. It keeps the latest user prompt
and everything after it, together with system and developer
instructions. Developer instructions also needed to be added to the
retained instruction types. Item IDs and extra fields remain intact.

**Validation.** Reproduced on Codex CLI 0.162.1 with live-model and
controlled-provider runs. The focused regression covers messages with
and without IDs, prior conversation history, and tool calls/results.
Rust, Python, and Node canonical suites passed on a combined checkout of
the three related fixes; repository pre-commit hooks passed on this
branch.

This restores missing conversation evidence. Custom-tool normalization
is covered by #1644, and ownership hints by #1645. Establishing the link
between a code-mode wrapper and its inner executions remains separate
work.

#### Where should the reviewer start?

Start with [the before/after
regression](https://github.com/bbednarski9/NeMo-Relay/blob/73a3d998b04ceaf61a3bd17683991fb980413beb/crates/core/tests/unit/llm_api_tests.rs#L2851),
then [the message-role helper and history
filter](https://github.com/bbednarski9/NeMo-Relay/blob/73a3d998b04ceaf61a3bd17683991fb980413beb/crates/core/src/api/llm.rs#L398).

#### Related Issues: (use one of the action keywords Closes / Fixes /
Resolves / Relates to)

- Relates to: none


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Bug Fixes**
* OpenAI Responses history projection now correctly identifies user
turns from native message roles, including messages with item IDs or
additional provider fields. System and developer instructions are
retained, while the provider request remains unchanged.

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Signed-off-by: Bryan Bednarski <bbednarski@nvidia.com>
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