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Summary

Codex's grammar-constrained apply_patch custom tool now passes through openai_client_tool_compat:

custom tool with pinned Lark grammar
  -> pattern-constrained backend function
  -> validated and restored custom_tool_call
  -> Codex applies the patch locally

Adds deterministic grammar and SDK coverage, plus live GPU acceptance for native Responses and Responses-to-Chat translation.

Closes #1834

Evidence

• cargo +nightly fmt --all -- --check passed.
• Focused parser and wire-scanner Rust tests passed.
• git diff --check passed.
• Full live GPU acceptance is pending the vllm-full-suite lane.

Merge Danger

Door: Two-way

Blast Radius: Low

Changes are scoped to custom-tool grammar compatibility and its acceptance coverage.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Custom tools can now use supported apply_patch formats, with patch inputs checked against their grammar during processing.
  • Configure how grammar constraints are passed to backends: as JSON-encoded patterns, as decoded-value patterns, or not at all. Host-side validation remains in effect.
  • Unsupported grammars are rejected, and invalid backend patch output fails with an error rather than being returned as a successful tool call.
• Documentation
  • Added configuration guidance and examples for grammar-based patch tools.

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Walkthrough

The compatibility path now supports two pinned Codex apply_patch grammars. It adds configurable backend schema patterns, validates decoded tool input during restoration, and exercises the behavior through integration tests and native and translated Codex acceptance workflows.

Changes: Codex apply_patch grammar support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Grammar recognition and pattern configuration apis/src/openai/responses/openai_client_tool_compat/*, docs/filters/openai_client_tool_compat.md, examples/configs/openai/responses/client-tool-compat.yaml	Adds recognition for two pinned Lark grammars and configuration for json_string, decoded, or none backend pattern encoding.
Lowering and validated restoration apis/src/openai/responses/openai_client_tool_compat/mod.rs, apis/src/openai/responses/state.rs, apis/src/openai/responses/stream_events/*	Carries the recognized format through lowering and restoration. The buffered and streaming paths validate decoded patch input before restoring custom-tool calls.
Grammar integration and runtime checks tests/integration/fixtures/inference/*, tests/integration/sdk/openai/*, tests/integration/tests/suite/examples/openai_client_tool_compat.rs	Adds inference scenario coverage, XGrammar feasibility checks, a vLLM round-trip test, and valid and malformed backend-output integration tests.
Codex acceptance workflow .github/workflows/vllm-integration.yaml, tests/integration/tests/suite/codex_http.rs, docs/developing/gpu-nightly-suite.md	Updates native and translated acceptance workflows to use apply_patch, observe tool output, and verify a completed result.txt file change.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant ClientToolCompatFilter
  participant Backend
  participant StreamEvents
  Client->>ClientToolCompatFilter: Submit custom tool with pinned grammar
  ClientToolCompatFilter->>Backend: Send function tool with input pattern
  Backend->>StreamEvents: Return function-call arguments
  StreamEvents->>StreamEvents: Decode and validate patch input
  StreamEvents->>Client: Emit restored custom-tool events on success

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Possibly related PRs

• praxis-proxy/ai#1827: This PR uses the shared Codex version pin for its apply_patch acceptance workflow.
• praxis-proxy/ai#1483: This PR extends the same client-tool lowering and restoration path with grammar-specific constraints and validation.

Suggested labels: vllm-full-suite

Suggested reviewers: aslakknutsen

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 6b1cc

The simulator test lane may fail on a test that requires live grammar-constrained generation. Mark that test for real inference before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 2

Failed checks: 2 warnings

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		Issue #1834 requires live qualification with an unmodified Codex CLI through native Responses and Responses-to-Chat paths. The PR description states that full live GPU acceptance is still pending. The…	Run the apply_patch Codex CLI acceptance on both inference paths against the pinned runtime. Verify the custom-tool call, matching tool result, file change, and verification command. Record passing results before treating issue #1834 as com…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 75.61% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title "Support Codex apply_patch grammar through client-tool compatibility" matches the main change. The PR adds support for Codex's grammar-constrained apply_patch custom tool in openai_client_to…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed workflow, grammar patterns, compatibility resolver, restoration and streaming validation, tests, configuration, documentation, and inference fixtures all support issue #1834. The summary s…

Full details: Title check

Explanation

The title "Support Codex apply_patch grammar through client-tool compatibility" matches the main change. The PR adds support for Codex's grammar-constrained apply_patch custom tool in openai_client_tool_compat. The changeset includes Lark grammar files, custom_input.rs grammar pinning and validation, restoration of custom_tool_call, and tests for both native Responses and Responses-to-Chat paths. The title is concise and specific, and it does not describe anything absent from the changeset.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The changed workflow, grammar patterns, compatibility resolver, restoration and streaming validation, tests, configuration, documentation, and inference fixtures all support issue #1834. The summary shows no general Lark compiler, proxy-side patch execution, or Codex approval or sandbox changes.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue #1834 requires live qualification with an unmodified Codex CLI through native Responses and Responses-to-Chat paths. The PR description states that full live GPU acceptance is still pending. The implementation, parser and wire tests, OpenAI-client tests, restoration validation, history coverage, fixtures, and documentation address the other stated coding objectives, but they do not establish completion of this required live workflow.

Resolution

Run the apply_patch Codex CLI acceptance on both inference paths against the pinned runtime. Verify the custom-tool call, matching tool result, file change, and verification command. Record passing results before treating issue #1834 as complete.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

Docstring coverage is 75.61% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 41 functions across 11 files. (10 skipped: 10 unsupported.)

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Review comments at @tests/integration/sdk/openai/test_openai_responses_vllm.py:
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• .github/workflows/vllm-integration.yaml
• apis/src/openai/responses/openai_client_tool_compat/apply_patch.lark
• apis/src/openai/responses/openai_client_tool_compat/apply_patch_backend_pattern_base.txt
• apis/src/openai/responses/openai_client_tool_compat/apply_patch_backend_pattern_envid.txt
• apis/src/openai/responses/openai_client_tool_compat/config.rs
• apis/src/openai/responses/openai_client_tool_compat/custom_input.rs
• apis/src/openai/responses/openai_client_tool_compat/mod.rs
• apis/src/openai/responses/openai_client_tool_compat/tests.rs
• apis/src/openai/responses/state.rs
• apis/src/openai/responses/stream_events/client_tools.rs
• apis/src/openai/responses/stream_events/tests.rs
• docs/developing/gpu-nightly-suite.md
• docs/filters/openai_client_tool_compat.md
• examples/configs/openai/responses/client-tool-compat.yaml
• tests/integration/fixtures/inference/README.md
• tests/integration/fixtures/inference/coverage.yaml
• tests/integration/fixtures/inference/scenarios/responses/client-tool-compat-apply-patch-grammar.yaml
• tests/integration/sdk/openai/test_apply_patch_grammar_feasibility.py
• tests/integration/sdk/openai/test_openai_responses_vllm.py
• tests/integration/tests/suite/codex_http.rs
• tests/integration/tests/suite/examples/openai_client_tool_compat.rs

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Mark the grammar round-trip test as real-inference only.

test_apply_patch_grammar_tool_round_trip_constrains_and_restores has no @requires_real_inference marker, and neither does its class, TestClientToolCompatVLLM. The simulator jobs run pytest with -m "not real_inference and not vllm_compat", so this test is selected there. Its client_tool_compat_proxy fixture sends traffic to VLLM_BASE_URL. In CI, that address is the inference simulator on 127.0.0.1:8000.

The test asserts that the restored call.input starts with *** Begin Patch. Its docstring describes this as proof that the pattern constrains live generation. The simulator is not shown to emit a grammar-valid patch, so these assertions can fail and turn the simulator lane red. The sibling test_custom_tool_history_survives_native_responses_continuation already carries @requires_real_inference for the same reason.

Proposed fix

+    @requires_real_inference
     def test_apply_patch_grammar_tool_round_trip_constrains_and_restores(
         self, client_tool_compat_client
     ):

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Suggested change

	def test_apply_patch_grammar_tool_round_trip_constrains_and_restores(
	self, client_tool_compat_client
	):
	@requires_real_inference
	def test_apply_patch_grammar_tool_round_trip_constrains_and_restores(
	self, client_tool_compat_client
	):

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Review comment at @tests/integration/sdk/openai/test_openai_responses_vllm.py
around lines 6487 - 6489:
Mark test_apply_patch_grammar_tool_round_trip_constrains_and_restores with the
existing requires_real_inference marker so it is excluded from simulator jobs,
matching the real-inference-only treatment of
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