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jgershen-oai 8f705b0702 [codex] Defer steering until after sampling the model post-compaction (#17163)
## Summary
- keep pending steered input buffered until the active user prompt has
received a model response
- keep steering pending across auto-compact when there is real
model/tool continuation to resume
- allow queued steering to follow compaction immediately when the prior
model response was already final
- keep pending-input follow-up owned by `run_turn` instead of folding it
into `SamplingRequestResult`
- add regression coverage for mid-turn compaction, final-response
compaction, and compaction triggered before the next request after tool
output

## Root Cause
Steered input was drained at the top of every `run_turn` loop. After
auto-compaction, the loop continued and immediately appended any pending
steer after the compact summary, making a queued prompt look like the
newest task instead of letting the model first resume interrupted
model/tool work.

## Implementation Notes
This patch keeps the follow-up signals separated:

- `SamplingRequestResult.needs_follow_up` means model/tool continuation
is needed
- `sess.has_pending_input().await` means queued user steering exists
- `run_turn` computes the combined loop condition from those two signals

In `run_turn`:

```rust
let has_pending_input = sess.has_pending_input().await;
let needs_follow_up = model_needs_follow_up || has_pending_input;
```

After auto-compact we choose whether the next request may drain
steering:

```rust
can_drain_pending_input = !model_needs_follow_up;
```

That means:

- model/tool continuation + pending steer: compact -> resume once
without draining steer
- completed model answer + pending steer: compact -> drain/send the
steer immediately
- fresh user prompt: do not drain steering before the model has answered
the prompt once

The drain is still only `sess.get_pending_input().await`; when
`can_drain_pending_input` is false, core uses an empty local vec and
leaves the steer pending in session state.

## Validation
- PASS `cargo test -p codex-core --test all steered_user_input --
--nocapture`
- PASS `just fmt`
- PASS `git diff --check`
- NOT PASSING HERE `just fix -p codex-core` currently stops before
linting this change on an unrelated mainline test-build error:
`core/src/tools/spec_tests.rs` initializes `ToolsConfigParams` without
`image_generation_tool_auth_allowed`; this PR does not touch that file.
2026-04-09 02:08:41 -07:00
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