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Summary

Bind nonportable Responses retries to their first dispatch account across HTTP streaming, HTTP bridge, and direct WebSocket paths. This closes the cross-account replay defect left after #1818 without bundling classifier or raw-error work.

Type of change

  • fix: — bug fix (no behavior change beyond the bug)
  • feat: — new user-facing feature or capability
  • refactor: — internal refactor
  • docs: — documentation only
  • chore: / ci: / build: — tooling, CI, packaging
  • test: — test-only change
  • Breaking change

Linked issue: Fixes #1828

OpenSpec

  • This PR includes / updates an OpenSpec change
  • Not applicable — bug fix that matches the existing spec
  • Not applicable — docs / CI / chore only
  • This PR touches a codex-faithful path and preserves upstream-equivalent behavior

Change directory: openspec/changes/archive/2026-08-19-bind-previous-response-replays-to-dispatch-owner/

Changes

  • Classify exact replay bodies with the canonical account-neutral predicate, bind nonportable HTTP/WebSocket sends to their dispatch owner, and merge that owner into strict retry selection.
  • Preserve same-owner Body-Lite and one-time auth refresh behavior while failing closed before owner exclusion, Trusted Access migration, bridge reconnect, or socket reuse can send a bound body elsewhere.
  • Distinguish tracing archive IDs from durable operation_id; neutral prepared bridge requests may fail over, while durable operation wire metadata remains owner-bound.
  • Register a streaming replay owner only after observed dispatch; confirmed zero-byte pre-dispatch failures remain eligible for their first real dispatch on another account.
  • Add production-boundary HTTP stream, bridge, direct WebSocket, operation-wire, Body-Lite, neutral-control, pre-dispatch, and adversarial A-to-B regressions.

Test plan

transition/send-boundary tests: 15 passed/Focused owner/transition/send-boundary tests: 16 passed/transition/send-boundary tests: 15 passed
uv run pytest -q tests/unit/test_proxy_utils.py
1113 passed in 25.25s
uv run pytest -q tests/integration/test_proxy_websocket_responses.py
128 passed in 43.78s
make lint
proxy architecture checks passed; Ruff check/format passed
make typecheck
All checks passed (943/943 files)
openspec validate bind-previous-response-replays-to-dispatch-owner --strict  # before archive
Change is valid
uv run python /tmp/codex-lb-owner-fencing-qa.py
bound: one selection/dispatch on A, no cross-account completion
neutral: A -> B, successful completion

openspec validate --specs currently reports the same repository baseline debt as main (49 passed, 8 failed). The synced owner-fencing requirement parses as requirement 169 with no validation issue; the archived change itself passed strict validation. This PR does not broaden into unrelated MUST/SHALL cleanup.

Screenshots / output

Before on current main:

dispatch 1: account=A, encrypted_content=owner-bound
dispatch 2: account=B, encrypted_content=owner-bound

After:

{
  "bound": {"dispatched_account_ids": ["qa_regular_bound"], "selection_attempts": 1, "cross_account_completion": false},
  "neutral": {"dispatched_account_ids": ["qa_regular_neutral", "qa_authorized_neutral"], "selection_attempts": 2, "cross_account_completion": true}
}

Simplicity

No setting, environment variable, setup step, migration, schema, README section, dashboard navigation, frontend surface, or default changes. Repository simplicity budgets pass unchanged.

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  • Title is in Conventional Commits format.
  • Linked the related issue / discussion above.
  • Added or updated tests covering the change.
  • Ran the relevant local CI subset: affected suites, architecture/Ruff/format, typecheck, OpenSpec change validation, and real-surface QA.
  • If touching specs: openspec validate --specs passes and /opsx:verify is clean. (Blocked by documented pre-existing baseline failures; this change is strict-valid.)
  • Simplicity gates reviewed: PRINCIPLES.md P1-P5.
  • CHANGELOG is not edited by hand.

Independent review

Five final review lanes passed on the committed behavior: goal/constraints, code quality, security, hands-on QA, and publication context. CodeRabbit’s current-head Major about pre-dispatch owner registration was fixed in 2229a2f6; the thread was answered and resolved. No self-merge.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented account-bound requests from being replayed or retried on a different account.
    • Preserved account ownership during reconnects, authentication refreshes, and transport changes.
    • Added fail-closed handling when the original account is unavailable or permanently fails.
    • Allowed verified account-neutral requests to safely fail over between accounts.
    • Improved recovery of security-sensitive and operation-specific requests.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for account ownership, cross-transport retries, reconnects, authentication refreshes, and neutral replay recovery.

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Walkthrough

Non-account-neutral Responses payloads now remain bound to their first dispatch account across streaming, HTTP bridge, and WebSocket retries. Verified neutral fresh replays can clear ownership. Owner-unavailable and repeated authentication failures now fail closed.

Changes

Replay owner fencing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Replay ownership contract
openspec/changes/archive/2026-08-19-bind-previous-response-replays-to-dispatch-owner/*, openspec/specs/responses-api-compat/*
Documents owner binding, neutral replay replacement, same-account authentication refresh, operation ownership, fail-closed recovery, and settlement ordering.
Replay validation and ownership state
app/modules/proxy/_service/streaming/retry.py, app/modules/proxy/_service/websocket/helpers.py, app/modules/proxy/_service/support.py, app/modules/proxy/service.py, app/modules/proxy/_service/http_bridge/service_stubs.py
Adds neutral fresh-replay validation, verified replay installation, and required-account state shared by transport recovery paths.
HTTP bridge recovery enforcement
app/modules/proxy/_service/http_bridge/request_submit.py
Binds non-neutral continuations and operation-tagged requests to their owner. Restricts reconnect and authentication retries to the required account.
WebSocket dispatch and recovery enforcement
app/modules/proxy/_service/websocket/mixin.py
Records dispatch ownership, prioritizes required owners, rejects unavailable owners with a terminal 502, and uses verified replay installation during recovery.
Replay ownership regression coverage
tests/unit/test_proxy_utils.py, tests/integration/test_proxy_websocket_responses.py
Covers owner binding, neutral replay clearing, authentication refresh, cross-transport fencing, owner-unavailable failures, and operation metadata preservation.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 2229a

Retry-owner cleanup may erase an independent account pin, allowing a turn-bound request to be dispatched under another account. Merge should wait until the owner sources are tracked separately and only the previous-response fence is cleared.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RequestState
  participant ReplayValidator
  participant AccountSelector
  participant UpstreamTransport

  RequestState->>ReplayValidator: classify request payload
  ReplayValidator->>AccountSelector: require dispatch owner for non-neutral payload
  AccountSelector->>RequestState: select required account
  RequestState->>UpstreamTransport: dispatch response.create
  UpstreamTransport-->>RequestState: retryable failure
  RequestState->>ReplayValidator: validate replacement payload
  ReplayValidator->>AccountSelector: clear owner for verified neutral replay
  AccountSelector->>UpstreamTransport: retry on permitted account
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Possibly related PRs

  • Soju06/codex-lb#1736: Related HTTP bridge replay and retry behavior preserves payloads and fail-closed handling.
  • Soju06/codex-lb#1818: Related WebSocket previous-response replay and recovery handling.

Suggested reviewers: soju06, komzpa

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✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The implementation and tests address issue #1828 by fencing account-bound payloads across HTTP, bridge, and WebSocket retries while preserving neutral replay behavior.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The code, tests, and OpenSpec updates are directly related to the owner-fencing objective in issue #1828.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes binding account-bound proxy retries to the original dispatch owner.
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🧹 Nitpick comments (4)
tests/unit/test_proxy_utils.py (3)

20501-20502: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Also assert the owner is required, not merely preferred.

The current assertion proves that the retry selection passes preferred_account_id == account_owner.id. It does not prove that fallback is disabled. If a regression passes the owner as a soft preference with fallback enabled, this assertion still passes. The existing convention in this file at Line 46133 asserts fallback_on_preferred_account_unavailable is False alongside the preferred account.

♻️ Proposed additional assertion
     assert select_account.await_count == 2
-    assert select_account.await_args_list[1].kwargs["preferred_account_id"] == account_owner.id
+    retry_kwargs = select_account.await_args_list[1].kwargs
+    assert retry_kwargs["preferred_account_id"] == account_owner.id
+    assert retry_kwargs["fallback_on_preferred_account_unavailable"] is False
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In `@tests/unit/test_proxy_utils.py` around lines 20501 - 20502, Extend the
retry-selection assertions around select_account to verify
fallback_on_preferred_account_unavailable is False in the second call’s keyword
arguments, alongside the existing preferred_account_id assertion.

17995-17995: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert that no upstream send occurred.

session.upstream is an AsyncMock. The current assertions prove that no reconnect happened and that request state did not change. They do not prove that the account-bound body was not resent on the existing upstream. The adversarial bridge test at Line 18531 already asserts this property; apply the same check here.

♻️ Proposed additional assertion
-    session = proxy_service._HTTPBridgeSession(
+    upstream = AsyncMock()
+    session = proxy_service._HTTPBridgeSession(
         key=proxy_service._HTTPBridgeSessionKey("turn_state_header", "turn-security-owner", None),
         headers={},
         affinity=proxy_service._AffinityPolicy(),
         request_model="gpt-5.1",
         account=regular_account,
-        upstream=AsyncMock(),
+        upstream=upstream,
     reconnect.assert_not_awaited()
+    upstream.send_text.assert_not_awaited()
     assert request_state.preferred_account_id == regular_account.id

Also applies to: 18007-18012

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In `@tests/unit/test_proxy_utils.py` at line 17995, Update the test using the
AsyncMock session.upstream to assert that no upstream send occurred, in addition
to the existing reconnect and request-state assertions. Apply the same call
assertion used by the adversarial bridge test around the relevant test
assertions, covering the alternate lines noted by the review.

17463-17466: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the terminal downstream failure, not only the absence of the cross-account response.

The two assertions prove that no second dispatch happened and that resp_cross_account did not reach the client. They do not prove that the original security-work failure reached the client. If the implementation regressed to swallowing the failure or emitting a generic error, both assertions would still pass.

Add an assertion on the emitted terminal event.

♻️ Proposed additional assertion
     assert dispatched_account_ids == [regular_account.chatgpt_account_id]
     assert all("resp_cross_account" not in chunk for chunk in chunks)
+    assert any("resp_cyber_account_bound" in chunk for chunk in chunks)
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In `@tests/unit/test_proxy_utils.py` around lines 17463 - 17466, Extend the test
around service.stream_responses to assert that chunks contain the expected
terminal downstream security-work failure event, not just the absence of
resp_cross_account. Preserve the existing dispatched-account and cross-account
assertions while verifying the original failure is emitted to the client rather
than swallowed or replaced with a generic error.
tests/integration/test_proxy_websocket_responses.py (1)

4488-4495: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Make the non-neutral marker explicit in the owner-binding test.

The owner-pinning path runs only when _websocket_request_text_is_account_neutral_fresh_replay returns False. Request preparation normalizes promptCacheKey to prompt_cache_key; account_bound_probe is then the extra top-level field rejected by the allowlist. Add a comment and assertions for the normalized neutral and non-neutral cases, or use the canonical reasoning item with encrypted_content.

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In `@tests/integration/test_proxy_websocket_responses.py` around lines 4488 -
4495, Update the owner-binding test around second_request so the non-neutral
marker is explicit: assert that normalized prompt_cache_key is neutral and
account_bound_probe remains non-neutral and is rejected by the allowlist, or
replace it with the canonical reasoning item containing encrypted_content.
Preserve coverage of the owner-pinning path requiring
_websocket_request_text_is_account_neutral_fresh_replay to return False.
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Inline comments:
In `@app/modules/proxy/_service/streaming/retry.py`:
- Around line 585-600: Separate authorization from replay-owner registration in
_authorize_payload_dispatch and the _stream_once dispatch flow: do not persist
payload_replay_required_account_id before upstream dispatch succeeds. Record
account.id only after dispatch confirmation, and clear any provisional owner
when a confirmed pre-dispatch failure occurs, while preserving existing owner
validation and neutral-payload behavior.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@tests/integration/test_proxy_websocket_responses.py`:
- Around line 4488-4495: Update the owner-binding test around second_request so
the non-neutral marker is explicit: assert that normalized prompt_cache_key is
neutral and account_bound_probe remains non-neutral and is rejected by the
allowlist, or replace it with the canonical reasoning item containing
encrypted_content. Preserve coverage of the owner-pinning path requiring
_websocket_request_text_is_account_neutral_fresh_replay to return False.

In `@tests/unit/test_proxy_utils.py`:
- Around line 20501-20502: Extend the retry-selection assertions around
select_account to verify fallback_on_preferred_account_unavailable is False in
the second call’s keyword arguments, alongside the existing preferred_account_id
assertion.
- Line 17995: Update the test using the AsyncMock session.upstream to assert
that no upstream send occurred, in addition to the existing reconnect and
request-state assertions. Apply the same call assertion used by the adversarial
bridge test around the relevant test assertions, covering the alternate lines
noted by the review.
- Around line 17463-17466: Extend the test around service.stream_responses to
assert that chunks contain the expected terminal downstream security-work
failure event, not just the absence of resp_cross_account. Preserve the existing
dispatched-account and cross-account assertions while verifying the original
failure is emitted to the client rather than swallowed or replaced with a
generic error.
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app/modules/proxy/_service/streaming/retry.py (1)

604-621: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Preserve independent account pins when clearing the replay owner.

preferred_account_id is merged from turn-state, previous-response, and file ownership at Lines 1030-1034. This helper clears preferred_account_id and require_preferred_account after a verified fresh replay. If the request also has an x-codex-turn-state owner, the helper clears that independent pin. Later selection can send the still turn-state-bound request to another account. Track these owner sources separately and clear only the previous-response fence.

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In `@app/modules/proxy/_service/streaming/retry.py` around lines 604 - 621, Update
the verified fresh-replay helper to distinguish the previous-response account
fence from an independent turn-state owner when managing preferred_account_id
and require_preferred_account. When consuming the replay, clear only the
previous-response fence; preserve the turn-state-derived account pin so later
account selection remains bound to that owner, while retaining the existing
payload and exclusion updates.
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In `@app/modules/proxy/_service/streaming/retry.py`:
- Around line 604-621: Update the verified fresh-replay helper to distinguish
the previous-response account fence from an independent turn-state owner when
managing preferred_account_id and require_preferred_account. When consuming the
replay, clear only the previous-response fence; preserve the turn-state-derived
account pin so later account selection remains bound to that owner, while
retaining the existing payload and exclusion updates.

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