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DeepSeek's official Responses route is stateless and strictly validates that every function_call / local_shell_call / custom_tool_call has a matching output item in the same body. A Codex thread can reach that state when an interrupted tool turn records the call but not its late-arriving result; the upstream then rejects every retry with No tool output found for tool call <call_id>, making the thread non-continuable (observed with deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash; the same thread resumed fine on BLSC, which is tolerant).

repairOrphanedInputItems already repaired orphaned outputs (output without call -> converted to a user message). This PR adds the mirrored repair: on stateless, non-forward Responses wires only, a call without its paired output gets an honest placeholder function_call_output / custom_tool_call_output inserted immediately after it, mirroring the openai-chat adapter's flushPendingToolCalls wording so the model sees the execution status is unknown rather than a fabricated result. Forward-mode replay keeps the prior fail-closed behavior.

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  • bun run typecheck ^T clean.
  • New suite tests/responses-stateless-dangling-call-repair.test.ts ^T covers function_call, local_shell_call, custom_tool_call, intact-pair no-op, orphan-output regression.
  • New suite tests/responses-forward-dangling-call.test.ts ^T pins forward-mode fail-closed behavior, including the forward + statelessResponses combination.
  • tests/deepseek-inbound-wire.test.ts ^T updated the "fails closed" case to assert the new synthesis; full file green.
  • tests/openai-responses-passthrough.test.ts ^T green (forward-mode behavior unchanged).
  • Full unit suite: 12660 pass / 75 fail on this machine; the failures reproduce on a pristine dev checkout and are environmental (websocket/loopback/live-probe/timing tests on a loaded host). No failures touch the Responses orphan-repair path.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved stateless replay recovery when function, local-shell, or custom tool calls are missing outputs.
    • Automatically supplies placeholder results for unmatched calls while preserving existing matched call/output pairs.
    • Continues converting unmatched outputs into user messages.
    • Forward-mode requests remain fail-closed and do not synthesize outputs.
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    • Added coverage for stateless and forward-mode dangling tool-call behavior.

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Replay repair can synthesize placeholder outputs for unmatched function, local-shell, and custom tool calls. Stateless providers enable this behavior. Forward-mode repair remains fail-closed, and orphan outputs remain user messages.

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Stateless replay repair

Layer / File(s) Summary
Repair logic and stateless wiring
src/adapters/openai-responses.ts
repairOrphanedInputItems accepts synthesizeMissingCallOutputs, tracks output IDs, and appends placeholder outputs for unmatched calls. Stateless providers enable the option.
Repair behavior validation
tests/responses-stateless-dangling-call-repair.test.ts, tests/deepseek-inbound-wire.test.ts, tests/responses-forward-dangling-call.test.ts
Tests cover all supported call types, preserve matched outputs, retain orphan-output conversion, verify DeepSeek wire output, and confirm forward-mode replay remains unchanged.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 00c3f

This change repairs orphaned stateless tool calls while preserving fail-closed behavior for forward-mode replay; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ResponsesReplay
  participant repairOrphanedInputItems
  participant DeepSeekResponses
  ResponsesReplay->>repairOrphanedInputItems: repair stateless replay input
  repairOrphanedInputItems->>repairOrphanedInputItems: append missing-result placeholders
  repairOrphanedInputItems->>DeepSeekResponses: send repaired request
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In `@src/adapters/openai-responses.ts`:
- Line 1406: Update the call to repairOrphanedInputItems so placeholder
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@coderabbitai — addressing the merge-risk note:

The synthesis is strictly gated on statelessResponses === true (the call site passes stateless as synthesizeMissingCallOutputs), so forward-authenticated replay is NOT eligible. I added explicit regression coverage pinning that: tests/responses-forward-dangling-call.test.ts builds a forward-auth openai-responses request with dangling function_call / custom_tool_call items and asserts they are forwarded byte-for-byte unchanged with no [ocx] no tool result was recorded synthesis. The stateless-side tests remain in tests/responses-stateless-dangling-call-repair.test.ts.

Local verification: bun run typecheck clean; 114/114 pass across the four affected suites (responses-stateless-dangling-call-repair, responses-forward-dangling-call, deepseek-inbound-wire, openai-responses-passthrough).

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set -euo pipefail

for file in src/adapters/openai-responses.ts tests/responses-forward-dangling-call.test.ts tests/responses-stateless-dangling-call-repair.test.ts; do
  if [ -f "$file" ]; then
    echo "===== AST OUTLINE: $file ====="
    ast-grep outline "$file" --items all || true
    echo "===== RELEVANT REFERENCES: $file ====="
    rg -n -C 6 'repairResponsesReplayItems|synthesizeMissingCallOutputs|statelessResponses|stateless|no tool result was recorded|function_call|custom_tool_call' "$file" || true
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  fi
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@harryzhou2000 Confirmed. The merge-risk finding is addressed.

src/adapters/openai-responses.ts Line 1398 derives stateless only from provider.statelessResponses === true. Lines 1405-1407 pass that value as synthesizeMissingCallOutputs. The synthesis branch at Lines 657-668 runs only when that argument is true.

Therefore, a forward-authenticated request can still run orphan-item repair, but it cannot receive a synthesized placeholder output unless its provider is also explicitly stateless.

tests/responses-forward-dangling-call.test.ts Lines 36-50 cover dangling function_call and custom_tool_call inputs. Both assertions require the forwarded input to equal the original input. This detects any inserted [ocx] no tool result was recorded output.

The stateless tests also cover all required call types and preserve the existing orphan-output conversion behavior.


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… tool calls

DeepSeek's official Responses route is stateless and strictly validates that
every function_call/local_shell_call/custom_tool_call has a matching output
item in the same body. A Codex thread can reach that state when an interrupted
tool turn records the call but not its late-arriving result, and the upstream
then rejects every retry with a 'No tool output found for tool call' error,
making the thread non-continuable.

repairOrphanedInputItems already repaired orphaned outputs (output without
call); extend it to synthesize an honest placeholder output immediately after
each orphaned call, gated to stateless wires (forward replay keeps the prior
fail-closed behavior). Mirrors the openai-chat adapter's flushPendingToolCalls
wording so the model sees execution status is unknown, not a fabricated result.
…alls

Address the CodeRabbit merge-risk note by adding explicit regression coverage
that forward-authenticated replay does NOT synthesize placeholder outputs for
orphaned calls: the repair is gated on statelessResponses, and these tests pin
the unchanged forward wire.
…r synthesis

CodeRabbit flagged that a provider configured with both authMode=forward and
statelessResponses could receive synthesized placeholder tool outputs. Tighten
the gate to stateless && !forward and add a regression test pinning that
forward auth plus statelessResponses still forwards a dangling call unchanged.
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