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fix(web-search): strip responses-lite header from OpenAI sidecar requests - #8169
When planning an OpenAI web search sidecar request, mergeCodexSelectedHeaders carries forward request headers including x-openai-internal-codex-responses-lite. This header causes upstream ChatGPT backend endpoints to reject the sidecar request with a 400 Bad Request error.
This PR deletes CODEX_RESPONSES_LITE_HEADER (x-openai-internal-codex-responses-lite) from the merged headers map in runWebSearch before initiating the fetch request.
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Added regression test issue #8160 - OpenAI search helper strips responses-lite marker from merged headers in tests/web-search/web-search.test.ts.
Ran bun test tests/web-search/web-search.test.ts (all 79 tests passed).
Verified via standalone reproduction script that the lite header is removed from upstream fetch requests while preserving selected auth and forward headers.
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Bug Fixes
Web search requests no longer forward an internal request header. Selected account information and other provider headers continue to be forwarded.
Added coverage to verify that header handling preserves the intended request information.
The web-search executor removes the Responses Lite marker from merged forwarded headers before sending its request. A mocked-fetch test verifies that the marker is absent and that the selected account ID and another provider header remain.
Changes: Web-search request header filtering
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Filter and verify forwarded headers src/web-search/executor.ts, tests/web-search/web-search.test.ts
runWebSearch removes CODEX_RESPONSES_LITE_HEADER from merged forwarded headers. The regression test checks that the marker is absent from the outgoing request while chatgpt-account-id and a custom provider header remain.
lidge-jun/opencodex#8069: This PR refactors runWebSearch to use the header merge path that this change filters.
lidge-jun/opencodex#8065: This PR introduces mergeCodexSelectedHeaders, which supplies the merged headers that this change filters.
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Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 77dea
The fix removes the Lite marker while retaining unrelated headers. It is mergeable; a configured-only regression test would strengthen coverage.
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The title "fix(web-search): strip responses-lite header from OpenAI sidecar requests" matches the main change. The executor now removes x-openai-internal-codex-responses-lite from merged forwarded hea…
Linked Issues check
Issue [#8160] requires the classic web-search helper to remove x-openai-internal-codex-responses-lite from merged headers, regardless of whether the value comes from provider configuration or select…
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The pull request changes only src/web-search/executor.ts and tests/web-search/web-search.test.ts. The source change removes the mismatched marker before the sidecar fetch. The test directly verifi…
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Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
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The title "fix(web-search): strip responses-lite header from OpenAI sidecar requests" matches the main change. The executor now removes x-openai-internal-codex-responses-lite from merged forwarded headers before runWebSearch builds the request headers, and the regression test for issue #8160 covers that behavior. The title names the header, the component, and the purpose of the change. It does not cover the test addition, which is expected for a title.
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Issue [#8160] requires the classic web-search helper to remove x-openai-internal-codex-responses-lite from merged headers, regardless of whether the value comes from provider configuration or selected request headers. src/web-search/executor.ts merges the headers, deletes CODEX_RESPONSES_LITE_HEADER, and then builds the fetch headers. Headers normalizes header names, so the deletion is case-insensitive. The regression test in tests/web-search/web-search.test.ts supplies the marker through both sources, verifies that the marker is absent, and verifies that chatgpt-account-id and x-custom-test remain present.
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The pull request changes only src/web-search/executor.ts and tests/web-search/web-search.test.ts. The source change removes the mismatched marker before the sidecar fetch. The test directly verifies the linked issue behavior and preservation of unrelated headers. No unrelated production behavior or cleanup is present.
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Update the owning structure docs for the header exception
The ownership rule in src/AGENTS.md requires that “every doc listed for an area is updated in the same change that changes the area.” structure/INDEX.md:522 assigns src/web-search/ to structure/runtime.md, structure/providers-and-adapters.md, and structure/providers/anthropic-progress.md, but none is updated here. This leaves the new exception to selected-header forwarding undocumented in the architecture source of truth. Update the mapped documents to record that OpenAI search helpers strip the Responses Lite marker after merging configured and selected headers, with a reference to the regression coverage.
Add a test where the Lite marker appears only in the configured headers.
The test at tests/web-search/web-search.test.ts:747-752 places the marker in both the configured headers and the selected new Headers({...}). A change that deletes the marker only when selected headers carry it would still pass. Issue #8160 names the configured providers.openai.headers entry as the trigger, so this case is the primary reproduction. Add a second test in the same style. Keep the configured headers with "x-openai-internal-codex-responses-lite": "true". Omit the marker from the selected new Headers({...}). Assert that the captured outgoing headers do not have x-openai-internal-codex-responses-lite.
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Review comment at @tests/web-search/web-search.test.ts around lines 749 - 752:
Add a second test beside the existing Lite-marker test in the web-search tests,
keeping the marker in the configured providers.openai.headers while omitting it
from the selected Headers instance. Assert that the captured outgoing headers do
not contain x-openai-internal-codex-responses-lite.
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Review comments at @tests/web-search/web-search.test.ts:
- Around line 749-752: Add a second test beside the existing Lite-marker test in
the web-search tests, keeping the marker in the configured
providers.openai.headers while omitting it from the selected Headers instance.
Assert that the captured outgoing headers do not contain
x-openai-internal-codex-responses-lite.
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Summary
Fixes #8160.
When planning an OpenAI web search sidecar request,
mergeCodexSelectedHeaderscarries forward request headers includingx-openai-internal-codex-responses-lite. This header causes upstream ChatGPT backend endpoints to reject the sidecar request with a 400 Bad Request error.This PR deletes
CODEX_RESPONSES_LITE_HEADER(x-openai-internal-codex-responses-lite) from the merged headers map inrunWebSearchbefore initiating the fetch request.Verification
issue #8160 - OpenAI search helper strips responses-lite marker from merged headersintests/web-search/web-search.test.ts.bun test tests/web-search/web-search.test.ts(all 79 tests passed).Checklist
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