Move string truncation helpers into codex-utils-string (#15572)

- move the shared byte-based middle truncation logic from `core` into
`codex-utils-string`
- keep token-specific truncation in `codex-core` so rollout can reuse
the shared helper in the next stacked PR

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Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>

codex-rs/utils/string/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+mod truncate;
+
+pub use truncate::approx_bytes_for_tokens;
+pub use truncate::approx_token_count;
+pub use truncate::approx_tokens_from_byte_count;
+pub use truncate::truncate_middle_chars;
+pub use truncate::truncate_middle_with_token_budget;
+
 // Truncate a &str to a byte budget at a char boundary (prefix)
 #[inline]
 pub fn take_bytes_at_char_boundary(s: &str, maxb: usize) -> &str {
@@ -112,6 +120,7 @@ fn parse_markdown_hash_location_point(point: &str) -> Option<(&str, Option<&str>
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
+#[allow(warnings, clippy::all)]
 mod tests {
     use super::find_uuids;
     use super::normalize_markdown_hash_location_suffix;

codex-rs/utils/string/src/truncate.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+//! Utilities for truncating large chunks of output while preserving a prefix
+//! and suffix on UTF-8 boundaries.
+
+const APPROX_BYTES_PER_TOKEN: usize = 4;
+
+/// Truncate a string to `max_bytes` using a character-count marker.
+pub fn truncate_middle_chars(s: &str, max_bytes: usize) -> String {
+    truncate_with_byte_estimate(s, max_bytes, /*use_tokens*/ false)
+}
+
+/// Truncate the middle of a UTF-8 string to at most `max_tokens` approximate
+/// tokens, preserving the beginning and the end. Returns the possibly
+/// truncated string and `Some(original_token_count)` if truncation occurred;
+/// otherwise returns the original string and `None`.
+pub fn truncate_middle_with_token_budget(s: &str, max_tokens: usize) -> (String, Option<u64>) {
+    if s.is_empty() {
+        return (String::new(), None);
+    }
+
+    if max_tokens > 0 && s.len() <= approx_bytes_for_tokens(max_tokens) {
+        return (s.to_string(), None);
+    }
+
+    let truncated = truncate_with_byte_estimate(
+        s,
+        approx_bytes_for_tokens(max_tokens),
+        /*use_tokens*/ true,
+    );
+    let total_tokens = u64::try_from(approx_token_count(s)).unwrap_or(u64::MAX);
+
+    if truncated == s {
+        (truncated, None)
+    } else {
+        (truncated, Some(total_tokens))
+    }
+}
+
+fn truncate_with_byte_estimate(s: &str, max_bytes: usize, use_tokens: bool) -> String {
+    if s.is_empty() {
+        return String::new();
+    }
+
+    let total_chars = s.chars().count();
+
+    if max_bytes == 0 {
+        return format_truncation_marker(
+            use_tokens,
+            removed_units(use_tokens, s.len(), total_chars),
+        );
+    }
+
+    if s.len() <= max_bytes {
+        return s.to_string();
+    }
+
+    let total_bytes = s.len();
+    let (left_budget, right_budget) = split_budget(max_bytes);
+    let (removed_chars, left, right) = split_string(s, left_budget, right_budget);
+    let marker = format_truncation_marker(
+        use_tokens,
+        removed_units(
+            use_tokens,
+            total_bytes.saturating_sub(max_bytes),
+            removed_chars,
+        ),
+    );
+
+    assemble_truncated_output(left, right, &marker)
+}
+
+pub fn approx_token_count(text: &str) -> usize {
+    let len = text.len();
+    len.saturating_add(APPROX_BYTES_PER_TOKEN.saturating_sub(1)) / APPROX_BYTES_PER_TOKEN
+}
+
+pub fn approx_bytes_for_tokens(tokens: usize) -> usize {
+    tokens.saturating_mul(APPROX_BYTES_PER_TOKEN)
+}
+
+pub fn approx_tokens_from_byte_count(bytes: usize) -> u64 {
+    let bytes_u64 = bytes as u64;
+    bytes_u64.saturating_add((APPROX_BYTES_PER_TOKEN as u64).saturating_sub(1))
+        / (APPROX_BYTES_PER_TOKEN as u64)
+}
+
+fn split_string(s: &str, beginning_bytes: usize, end_bytes: usize) -> (usize, &str, &str) {
+    if s.is_empty() {
+        return (0, "", "");
+    }
+
+    let len = s.len();
+    let tail_start_target = len.saturating_sub(end_bytes);
+    let mut prefix_end = 0usize;
+    let mut suffix_start = len;
+    let mut removed_chars = 0usize;
+    let mut suffix_started = false;
+
+    for (idx, ch) in s.char_indices() {
+        let char_end = idx + ch.len_utf8();
+        if char_end <= beginning_bytes {
+            prefix_end = char_end;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if idx >= tail_start_target {
+            if !suffix_started {
+                suffix_start = idx;
+                suffix_started = true;
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        removed_chars = removed_chars.saturating_add(1);
+    }
+
+    if suffix_start < prefix_end {
+        suffix_start = prefix_end;
+    }
+
+    let before = &s[..prefix_end];
+    let after = &s[suffix_start..];
+
+    (removed_chars, before, after)
+}
+
+fn split_budget(budget: usize) -> (usize, usize) {
+    let left = budget / 2;
+    (left, budget - left)
+}
+
+fn format_truncation_marker(use_tokens: bool, removed_count: u64) -> String {
+    if use_tokens {
+        format!("…{removed_count} tokens truncated…")
+    } else {
+        format!("…{removed_count} chars truncated…")
+    }
+}
+
+fn removed_units(use_tokens: bool, removed_bytes: usize, removed_chars: usize) -> u64 {
+    if use_tokens {
+        approx_tokens_from_byte_count(removed_bytes)
+    } else {
+        u64::try_from(removed_chars).unwrap_or(u64::MAX)
+    }
+}
+
+fn assemble_truncated_output(prefix: &str, suffix: &str, marker: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(prefix.len() + marker.len() + suffix.len() + 1);
+    out.push_str(prefix);
+    out.push_str(marker);
+    out.push_str(suffix);
+    out
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests;

codex-rs/utils/string/src/truncate/tests.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+use super::split_string;
+use super::truncate_middle_chars;
+use super::truncate_middle_with_token_budget;
+use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+
+#[test]
+fn split_string_works() {
+    assert_eq!(split_string("hello world", 5, 5), (1, "hello", "world"));
+    assert_eq!(split_string("abc", 0, 0), (3, "", ""));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn split_string_handles_empty_string() {
+    assert_eq!(split_string("", 4, 4), (0, "", ""));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn split_string_only_keeps_prefix_when_tail_budget_is_zero() {
+    assert_eq!(split_string("abcdef", 3, 0), (3, "abc", ""));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn split_string_only_keeps_suffix_when_prefix_budget_is_zero() {
+    assert_eq!(split_string("abcdef", 0, 3), (3, "", "def"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn split_string_handles_overlapping_budgets_without_removal() {
+    assert_eq!(split_string("abcdef", 4, 4), (0, "abcd", "ef"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn split_string_respects_utf8_boundaries() {
+    assert_eq!(split_string("😀abc😀", 5, 5), (1, "😀a", "c😀"));
+
+    assert_eq!(split_string("😀😀😀😀😀", 1, 1), (5, "", ""));
+    assert_eq!(split_string("😀😀😀😀😀", 7, 7), (3, "😀", "😀"));
+    assert_eq!(split_string("😀😀😀😀😀", 8, 8), (1, "😀😀", "😀😀"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn truncate_with_token_budget_returns_original_when_under_limit() {
+    let s = "short output";
+    let limit = 100;
+    let (out, original) = truncate_middle_with_token_budget(s, limit);
+    assert_eq!(out, s);
+    assert_eq!(original, None);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn truncate_with_token_budget_reports_truncation_at_zero_limit() {
+    let s = "abcdef";
+    let (out, original) = truncate_middle_with_token_budget(s, 0);
+    assert_eq!(out, "…2 tokens truncated…");
+    assert_eq!(original, Some(2));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn truncate_middle_tokens_handles_utf8_content() {
+    let s = "😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀\nsecond line with text\n";
+    let (out, tokens) = truncate_middle_with_token_budget(s, 8);
+    assert_eq!(out, "😀😀😀😀…8 tokens truncated… line with text\n");
+    assert_eq!(tokens, Some(16));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn truncate_middle_bytes_handles_utf8_content() {
+    let s = "😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀\nsecond line with text\n";
+    let out = truncate_middle_chars(s, 20);
+    assert_eq!(out, "😀😀…21 chars truncated…with text\n");
+}