fix: prevent repeating interrupted turns (#9043)

## What
Record a model-visible `<turn_aborted>` marker in history when a turn is
interrupted, and treat it as a session prefix.

## Why
When a turn is interrupted, Codex emits `TurnAborted` but previously did
not persist anything model-visible in the conversation history. On the
next user turn, the model can’t tell the previous work was aborted and
may resume/repeat earlier actions (including duplicated side effects
like re-opening PRs).

Fixes: https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/9042

## How
On `TurnAbortReason::Interrupted`, append a hidden user message
containing a `<turn_aborted>…</turn_aborted>` marker and flush.
Treat `<turn_aborted>` like `<environment_context>` for session-prefix
filtering.
Add a regression test to ensure follow-up turns don’t repeat side
effects from an aborted turn.

## Testing
`just fmt`
`just fix -p codex-core`
`cargo test -p codex-core -- --test-threads=1`
`cargo test --all-features -- --test-threads=1`

---------

Co-authored-by: Skylar Graika <sgraika127@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: jif-oai <jif@openai.com>
Co-authored-by: Eric Traut <etraut@openai.com>
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Skylar Graika
2026-01-20 13:07:28 -08:00
committed by GitHub
parent 79c5bf9835
commit b236f1c95d
8 changed files with 239 additions and 40 deletions

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@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ use crate::protocol::EventMsg;
use crate::protocol::TurnAbortReason;
use crate::protocol::TurnAbortedEvent;
use crate::protocol::TurnCompleteEvent;
use crate::session_prefix::TURN_ABORTED_OPEN_TAG;
use crate::state::ActiveTurn;
use crate::state::RunningTask;
use crate::state::TaskKind;
use codex_protocol::models::ContentItem;
use codex_protocol::models::ResponseItem;
use codex_protocol::protocol::RolloutItem;
use codex_protocol::user_input::UserInput;
pub(crate) use compact::CompactTask;
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@ pub(crate) use undo::UndoTask;
pub(crate) use user_shell::UserShellCommandTask;
const GRACEFULL_INTERRUPTION_TIMEOUT_MS: u64 = 100;
const TURN_ABORTED_INTERRUPTED_GUIDANCE: &str = "The user interrupted the previous turn. Do not continue or repeat work from that turn unless the user explicitly asks. If any tools/commands were aborted, they may have partially executed; verify current state before retrying.";
/// Thin wrapper that exposes the parts of [`Session`] task runners need.
#[derive(Clone)]
@@ -242,6 +247,25 @@ impl Session {
.abort(session_ctx, Arc::clone(&task.turn_context))
.await;
if reason == TurnAbortReason::Interrupted {
let marker = ResponseItem::Message {
id: None,
role: "user".to_string(),
content: vec![ContentItem::InputText {
text: format!(
"{TURN_ABORTED_OPEN_TAG}\n <turn_id>{sub_id}</turn_id>\n <reason>interrupted</reason>\n <guidance>{TURN_ABORTED_INTERRUPTED_GUIDANCE}</guidance>\n</turn_aborted>"
),
}],
};
self.record_into_history(std::slice::from_ref(&marker), task.turn_context.as_ref())
.await;
self.persist_rollout_items(&[RolloutItem::ResponseItem(marker)])
.await;
// Ensure the marker is durably visible before emitting TurnAborted: some clients
// synchronously re-read the rollout on receipt of the abort event.
self.flush_rollout().await;
}
let event = EventMsg::TurnAborted(TurnAbortedEvent { reason });
self.send_event(task.turn_context.as_ref(), event).await;
}