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fix(proxy): do not rewrite thread locality for a file-pin owner - #1765

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Summary

A live input_file.file_id pin is hard ownership. After thread-scoped affinity, current Codex locality is the thread_header PROMPT_CACHE row, but preferred-owner selection still only bypassed session_header. A file-pinned Responses turn therefore rewrote the thread mapping to the upload account, so later unpinned turns followed the file owner.

Type of change

  • fix: — bug fix (no behavior change beyond the bug)

Linked issue: None — composition leftover after #1521 and #1703.

OpenSpec

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Change directory: openspec/changes/file-pin-does-not-rewrite-thread-locality/

Changes

  • Bypass the writable thread_header sticky key in preferred_owner_sticky_inputs, matching the existing process-session bypass.
  • Keep consulting the raw process-session row for hard-owner conflicts.
  • Keep process-session seed insert-if-absent. Do not write or rebind the thread row on the required-owner path.

Test plan

uv run pytest \
  tests/unit/test_proxy_utils.py::test_select_account_with_budget_keeps_thread_seed_for_first_exact_owner \
  tests/unit/test_load_balancer_concurrency.py::test_required_file_owner_does_not_rewrite_existing_thread_row \
  tests/unit/test_load_balancer_concurrency.py::test_legacy_raw_owner_conflict_blocks_resolved_preferred_owner -q
# 3 passed (plus adjacent thread-seed tests)

openspec validate file-pin-does-not-rewrite-thread-locality --strict
# valid

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  • CHANGELOG is not edited by hand.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • File-pinned requests now consistently route to the pinned account without rewriting existing thread-local routing.
    • Process-session preferences are initialized after successful account selection, with leases safely released if persistence fails.
    • Existing conflict detection and sibling-thread behavior remain preserved.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for file-pin routing, thread locality, process-session seeding, and backend Responses flows.
  • Documentation

    • Documented the updated sticky-session and file-pinning behavior.

A live input_file pin is hard ownership. After thread-scoped affinity
the current Codex soft row is thread_header / PROMPT_CACHE, but the
preferred-owner bypass still only nulled session_header keys.

Bypass the writable thread key too so a file-pinned turn cannot upsert
an existing thread mapping onto the upload account.
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

File-pinned requests now bypass existing thread locality mappings without rewriting them. Process-session preferences remain conflict-checked and can be seeded for sibling threads. Unit and integration tests cover routing, persistence, and regression behavior.

Changes

File-pin locality preservation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Locality contract and scenarios
openspec/changes/file-pin-does-not-rewrite-thread-locality/*, openspec/specs/sticky-session-operations/*
The OpenSpec documents define file-pin precedence over thread mappings, preserved thread rows, process-session seeding, and fail-closed conflicts.
Affinity selection and process seeding
app/modules/proxy/affinity.py, app/modules/proxy/load_balancer.py
Resolved owners bypass session_header and thread_header rows. Unbound selection inserts a missing process seed and releases the lease if persistence fails.
Locality regression coverage
tests/integration/test_proxy_files.py, tests/unit/test_load_balancer_concurrency.py, tests/unit/test_proxy_utils.py
Tests verify file-pin routing, unchanged thread mappings, sibling-thread seeding, and updated sticky-session arguments.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 94c9b

The intended fix stops file-pinned requests from rebinding thread locality, but the current change does not yet make the fail-closed owner lookup mandatory or prove that the existing thread row is not refreshed. Until those are corrected, conflicting owners or extended thread locality could persist, so merge should wait for the contract and timestamp assertion.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant FilePinnedRequest
  participant LoadBalancer
  participant AffinityPolicy
  participant StickySessionRepository
  FilePinnedRequest->>LoadBalancer: request with resolved file owner
  LoadBalancer->>AffinityPolicy: select preferred owner
  AffinityPolicy-->>LoadBalancer: bypass thread mapping
  LoadBalancer->>StickySessionRepository: seed process preference
  StickySessionRepository-->>LoadBalancer: persist preference
  LoadBalancer-->>FilePinnedRequest: route to file owner
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Comment thread app/modules/proxy/affinity.py
Nulling the thread sticky key sent required-owner selection down the
unbound path, which never persisted insert-if-absent process
preference. Later unpinned siblings then lost the exact owner.

Persist the missing process seed after a successful unbound required
owner selection, without writing the thread row.
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Comment thread tests/unit/test_load_balancer_concurrency.py
Prove a file-pinned /backend-api/codex/responses turn keeps the
existing thread row, seeds process preference, and leaves later
unpinned thread and sibling requests on the documented owners.
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In
`@openspec/changes/file-pin-does-not-rewrite-thread-locality/specs/sticky-session-operations/spec.md`:
- Line 5: Update the resolved input_file.file_id pin ownership requirement so
the raw process-session compatibility row MUST be consulted as independent hard
ownership, while preserving the pin as the required owner and failing closed on
account conflicts; retain insert-if-absent initialization for a missing
preference.

In `@tests/integration/test_proxy_files.py`:
- Around line 938-942: Update tests/integration/test_proxy_files.py lines
938-942 to capture the existing thread row’s updated_at before the pinned
request and assert it is unchanged afterward, proving no thread-row write
occurred; keep the get_account_id assertions intact. In
openspec/changes/file-pin-does-not-rewrite-thread-locality/tasks.md lines 10-11,
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  • app/modules/proxy/affinity.py
  • app/modules/proxy/load_balancer.py
  • openspec/changes/file-pin-does-not-rewrite-thread-locality/.openspec.yaml
  • openspec/changes/file-pin-does-not-rewrite-thread-locality/context.md
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  • openspec/specs/sticky-session-operations/spec.md
  • tests/integration/test_proxy_files.py
  • tests/unit/test_load_balancer_concurrency.py
  • tests/unit/test_proxy_utils.py


### Requirement: File-pin required owner does not rewrite thread locality

A resolved live `input_file.file_id` pin MUST be selected as the required owner without consulting or rewriting the current-Codex thread-scoped soft mapping. The process-session compatibility row MAY still be consulted as independent hard ownership. If that raw row conflicts with the pin account, the request MUST fail closed. A missing process-session preference MAY still initialize insert-if-absent.

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Require the raw process-session lookup.

MAY still be consulted permits an implementation to skip the lookup. It then cannot detect a conflicting raw owner and cannot satisfy the required fail-closed behavior. Replace MAY with MUST.

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In
`@openspec/changes/file-pin-does-not-rewrite-thread-locality/specs/sticky-session-operations/spec.md`
at line 5, Update the resolved input_file.file_id pin ownership requirement so
the raw process-session compatibility row MUST be consulted as independent hard
ownership, while preserving the pin as the required owner and failing closed on
account conflicts; retain insert-if-absent initialization for a missing
preference.

Comment on lines +938 to +942
async with SessionLocal() as session:
repo = StickySessionsRepository(session)
assert await repo.get_account_id(thread_key, kind=StickySessionKind.PROMPT_CACHE) == thread_owner_id
assert await repo.get_account_id(process_key, kind=StickySessionKind.CODEX_SESSION) == file_owner_id
assert await repo.get_account_id(sibling_key, kind=StickySessionKind.PROMPT_CACHE) is None

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert that the thread row was not written.

The current assertions pass if an erroneous upsert retains thread_owner_id but refreshes the row timestamp. This would extend the bounded locality mapping and violate the no-rewrite contract.

  • tests/integration/test_proxy_files.py#L938-L942: capture the existing row's updated_at before the pinned request and assert that it is unchanged afterward.
  • openspec/changes/file-pin-does-not-rewrite-thread-locality/tasks.md#L10-L11: keep this item marked complete only after the test proves that no thread-row write occurred.
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  • tests/integration/test_proxy_files.py#L938-L942 (this comment)
  • openspec/changes/file-pin-does-not-rewrite-thread-locality/tasks.md#L10-L11
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In `@tests/integration/test_proxy_files.py` around lines 938 - 942, Update
tests/integration/test_proxy_files.py lines 938-942 to capture the existing
thread row’s updated_at before the pinned request and assert it is unchanged
afterward, proving no thread-row write occurred; keep the get_account_id
assertions intact. In
openspec/changes/file-pin-does-not-rewrite-thread-locality/tasks.md lines 10-11,
retain the item as complete only once this timestamp assertion is present.

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Traced this end-to-end and the fix looks right. At main, preferred_owner_sticky_inputs only bypassed session_header, so a file-pinned turn on an existing thread reached the sticky selection path with the writable thread key; since the PROMPT_CACHE row is soft, no conflict fired and the persist step rewrote thread B→A. Nulling the key for thread_header while keeping legacy_sticky_key preserves the raw-owner fail-closed check (it runs in select_account before the path split), and the new insert-if-absent seed block in load_balancer.py correctly restores the first-ever process preference on the unbound owner path — it can only fire in this exact-owner thread bypass, since only the thread affinity policy sets a seed key. The route-level integration test covering the pinned turn, the later unpinned turn, and the sibling-thread seed is exactly the coverage this needed.

Two small pre-merge suggestions, both from the open CodeRabbit comments:

  1. openspec/changes/file-pin-does-not-rewrite-thread-locality/specs/sticky-session-operations/spec.md:5 — "The process-session compatibility row MAY still be consulted" understates what the code guarantees: select_account always performs the raw lookup when legacy_sticky_key is set, and the fail-closed scenario below depends on it. Suggest MUST.
  2. tests/integration/test_proxy_files.py (~L938) — the post-pin assertions would still pass if an upsert refreshed the row's timestamp with the same owner, which would silently extend the bounded thread mapping. Capturing updated_at before the pinned request and asserting it unchanged would pin the no-write contract.

Neither changes runtime behavior; happy to see this merge with those addressed.

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