fix(responses-api): thread creation, GET by ID, streaming delta, context injection

[pranavraja99]

Summary

Four fixes for the Responses API:

1. Thread creation: The gateway channel requires pre-existing conversation UUIDs, but the Responses API generates fresh UUIDs. Now allows new threads when metadata.source == "responses_api".

2. GET by ID: Session manager now adopts the external UUID as the internal thread ID (via new create_thread_with_id), so DB lookups match the response ID.

3. Streaming delta: Skip the single-chunk fallback when StreamChunk events already delivered the text incrementally.

4. Context injection: New x_context field (aliased as context) on the request for structured data. Formatted as a human-readable prefix on the user message. Persisted in metadata.

Test plan

• POST /v1/responses with new user — no more "Invalid or unauthorized thread ID"
• GET /v1/responses/{id} — returns the response
• Streaming: response.output_text.delta events not duplicated
• Context: {"x_context": {"notification": {"action": "approved"}}} appears in agent conversation

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[gemini-code-assist]

Code Review

This pull request introduces structured context injection into the Responses API via a new x_context field and allows the API to create threads with specific UUIDs. It also refactors the streaming worker to handle non-streaming responses more consistently. Review feedback suggests using a shared constant for the "responses_api" source string to improve maintainability and ensuring that response item IDs remain stable between the "added" and "done" events to prevent client-side inconsistencies.

[gemini-code-assist]

The string literal "responses_api" is also used in src/channels/web/responses_api.rs. To avoid potential typos and improve maintainability, consider defining this as a constant in a shared location, for instance in src/channels/web/responses_api.rs, and reusing it here.

Example:

// in src/channels/web/responses_api.rs
pub const RESPONSES_API_SOURCE: &str = "responses_api";

// then in create_response_handler
... "source": RESPONSES_API_SOURCE, ...

// and in src/agent/thread_ops.rs
use crate::channels::web::responses_api::RESPONSES_API_SOURCE;
... == Some(RESPONSES_API_SOURCE) ...

References

1. Constants are beneficial when values need to be synchronized across multiple locations to maintain consistency and prevent typos, but should be avoided if used only once.

[pranavraja99]

Fixed — replaced the metadata string check entirely. Now uses message.channel == "gateway" which is server-set and unforgeable. No string constant needed since the channel name is already a well-known value used throughout the codebase.

[gemini-code-assist]

The id of the ResponseOutputItem::Message is being regenerated here using make_item_id(). However, a placeholder for this item was already created with a different ID, either in the StreamChunk handler or earlier in this Response handler. This leads to an inconsistency where the id of the item in the response.output_item.added event is different from the id in the response.output_item.done event. The item ID should remain stable throughout its lifecycle.

To fix this, you should reuse the ID from the placeholder item that already exists in acc.output[idx].

                    let item_id = if let Some(ResponseOutputItem::Message { id, .. }) = acc.output.get(idx) {
                        id.clone()
                    } else {
                        // This path should not be taken if a placeholder was correctly inserted.
                        make_item_id()
                    };
                    let item = ResponseOutputItem::Message {
                        id: item_id,
                        role: "assistant".to_string(),
                        content: vec![MessageContent::OutputText { text }],
                    };

[pranavraja99]

Fixed in d79e590 — now reuses the placeholder ID from acc.output[idx] instead of calling make_item_id() again.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR addresses several correctness gaps in the Responses API integration, focused on thread identity consistency, streaming event behavior, and adding structured request context injection.

Changes:

• Allow “new” gateway threads when the message originates from the Responses API (metadata.source == "responses_api").
• Adopt caller-provided UUIDs as internal thread IDs (via create_thread_with_id) so GET /v1/responses/{id} can find the correct conversation.
• Improve streaming behavior by suppressing the single-shot output_text.delta fallback when incremental StreamChunk deltas were already emitted.
• Add x_context (alias context) request field and inject it as a human-readable prefix into the user message; persist it into message metadata.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
src/channels/web/responses_api.rs	Adds x_context support, formats/injects context into user content, and adjusts streaming terminal message emission to avoid duplicated deltas.
src/agent/thread_ops.rs	Allows gateway thread creation for Responses API requests even when the UUID isn’t yet present in DB metadata.
src/agent/session.rs	Adds create_thread_with_id so callers can create threads using a predetermined UUID.
src/agent/session_manager.rs	Uses external UUIDs as internal thread IDs on thread creation so response IDs map back to stored conversations.

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[Copilot]

In resolve_thread_with_parsed_uuid, the create-new-thread path uses ext_uuid directly. That bypasses the earlier “UUID adoption check” that ensures the UUID isn’t already mapped to a different ThreadKey (only adoptable_uuid is guarded). If external_thread_id parses as a UUID that is already mapped elsewhere, this will still call create_thread_with_id and effectively create/alias a second thread with the same UUID, corrupting thread_map/undo_managers invariants. Use the guarded adoptable_uuid (or re-check under the write lock) before adopting ext_uuid as the internal thread id on the new-thread path.

[pranavraja99]

Fixed in d79e590 — re-checks under read lock that the UUID is not already mapped to another ThreadKey before adopting.

[Copilot]

streaming_worker finalizes the assistant message by creating a new ResponseOutputItem::Message with a freshly generated id (make_item_id()) and then emitting response.output_item.done. When the message item was previously emitted via response.output_item.added (either from StreamChunk handling or from the new placeholder path), this changes the item id mid-stream. Streaming clients often correlate added→done by item.id, so this can break client-side state. Preserve/reuse the original message item id when finalizing (e.g., create the id once and carry it through, or update the existing output item’s content without changing its id).

[pranavraja99]

Fixed in d79e590 — reuses the placeholder item ID when finalizing.

[serrrfirat]

High Severity

GET /v1/responses/{id} currently decodes the response ID in src/channels/web/responses_api.rs but ignores the response UUID and reconstructs the payload from the thread state.

That means an older response ID is not a stable snapshot: once later turns are added to the same thread, the same ID can return different data. This breaks the expectation that a response ID refers to a specific response object rather than the mutable conversation behind it.

Suggested fix: persist snapshots keyed by response_uuid, or make the contract explicitly thread-based instead of encoding a response UUID that is never used for retrieval.

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Medium Severity

The streaming path now emits response.output_item.added with a placeholder message ID and then emits response.output_item.done with a fresh message ID for the same output item.

Clients that correlate stream events by item ID will see two different objects for one logical message. Suggested fix: preserve the same item ID across both events and update the existing item in place.

[zmanian]

Review

+153/-40, 4 files -- fixes four Responses API issues: thread creation bypass, GET by ID lookup, streaming deduplication, and context injection. CI passes.

Must Fix

1. Metadata-based auth bypass in thread_ops.rs -- thread creation is allowed when metadata.get("source") == Some("responses_api"), which is a stringly-typed backdoor. Any code path that constructs an IncomingMessage with that metadata key bypasses requires_preexisting_uuid_thread. Use a dedicated field on IncomingMessage (e.g., allow_thread_creation: bool) instead.

2. Item ID changes between streaming events -- make_item_id() is called separately for the placeholder and the final item, so output_item.added and output_item.done events have different IDs. Clients tracking items by ID will break. Reuse the placeholder's ID.

Suggestions

3. x_context prompt injection risk -- user-supplied JSON is formatted and prepended to the user message as [Context: ...]. Verify this passes through the safety layer's injection detection.

4. create_thread_with_id silently no-ops on collision -- or_insert returns the existing thread but still updates active_thread and last_active_at. Document whether idempotency is intended.

5. Minimal test coverage -- only two tests for format_context. No tests for thread creation bypass, streaming dedup, or create_thread_with_id.

[serrrfirat]

Paranoid Architect Review — Verdict: ❌ BLOCK (1 Critical, 2 High)

The PR addresses four distinct issues (thread creation, GET-by-ID, streaming delta, context injection). Fixes are reasonable in scope but there are security concerns around the metadata-based authorization bypass and unsanitized context injection.

Findings

#	Severity	Category	File	Finding	Suggested Fix
1	Critical	Security	agent/thread_ops.rs	Metadata-based auth bypass is spoofable. Bypasses requires_preexisting_uuid_thread when metadata["source"] == "responses_api". WASM channels can forge this via apply_emitted_metadata(), creating threads with arbitrary UUIDs without ownership verification.	Check message.channel against a known channel name instead of spoofable metadata. Or strip source from WASM-originated metadata.
2	High	Security	web/responses_api.rs	Unsanitized context injection. x_context is caller-supplied JSON prepended directly to user message with no validation. Enables prompt injection via crafted values. Bypasses safety layer's user/system content distinction.	Validate against allowlist, enforce max lengths, or mark as system-injected metadata
3	High	Correctness	web/responses_api.rs (streaming)	Streaming delta dedup issue. If Response content differs from concatenated StreamChunks (post-processing), client never receives corrected final text.	Document assumption or emit correcting delta when they differ
4	Medium	Correctness	web/responses_api.rs	Non-deterministic item IDs. make_item_id() at finalization differs from output_item.added ID. Clients see phantom add/done with no correlation.	Capture item ID at creation, reuse at finalization
5	Medium	Edge Case	agent/session.rs	No collision detection for create_thread_with_id. entry(id).or_insert(thread) silently ignores existing UUID. Adversarial collision maps to wrong conversation.	Return error or log warning if UUID occupied
6	Medium	Security	web/responses_api.rs	Unbounded x_context stored in metadata. No size limit. Arbitrarily large JSON exhausts context window or inflates DB.	Enforce max size (e.g., 10KB)
7	Medium	Test Coverage	agent/thread_ops.rs	No regression test for metadata-based bypass. CLAUDE.md: "Every bug fix must include a test."	Test: source: "responses_api" bypasses check; without it does NOT
8	Medium	Test Coverage	agent/session_manager.rs	No test for create_thread_with_id via resolve_thread. New codepath unexercised.	Test verifying returned thread_id matches input UUID
9	Low	Correctness	web/responses_api.rs	Non-deterministic key ordering in format_context	Document that key order not guaranteed
10	Low	Convention	web/responses_api.rs	alias = "context" could shadow future official OpenAI field	Remove alias or document risk
11	Low	Docs	web/responses_api.rs	Doc says "Must be flat" but code accepts nesting via .to_string()	Enforce flatness or change to "should be"
12	Nit	Style	agent/session.rs	create_thread_with_id duplicates create_thread	Refactor to single method with Option<Uuid>
13	Nit	Style	web/responses_api.rs	Unicode em-dash in format string	Intentional, no action

Summary

Finding #1 is the most critical: WASM channels can forge metadata to bypass thread ownership checks. Finding #2 enables prompt injection via unsanitized context. Both must be fixed before merge.

[pranavraja99]

Addressed review feedback (zmanian + serrrfirat)

Critical — metadata bypass (#1): Replaced metadata["source"] == "responses_api" with message.channel == "gateway". Channel names are set server-side and cannot be spoofed by WASM channels (they get their own channel name from their manifest). → d79e590

Critical — item ID mismatch (#2, #4): Reuse the placeholder's id from acc.output[idx] when finalizing the message, instead of calling make_item_id() again. added and done events now share the same ID. → d79e590

High — unsanitized x_context (#2, #3): Enforced 10 KB size limit — returns 400 if exceeded. The content (including prepended context) still passes through the safety layer's injection detection in the normal agent pipeline. Updated doc comment to note alias collision risk and max size. → d79e590

High — ext_uuid adoption guard (#5): Re-checks under read lock that the UUID isn't already mapped to another ThreadKey before adopting. Falls back to generating a new UUID if collision detected. → d79e590

Medium — collision logging (#5): create_thread_with_id now logs a warning if the UUID already exists in the session. → d79e590

Medium — unbounded x_context (#6): Covered by the 10 KB limit above.

Low/Nits:

• feat: Add Google Suite & Telegram WASM tools #9 (key ordering): Documented as non-guaranteed — JSON object iteration order
• feat: Add benchmarking harness with spot suite #10 (alias collision): Updated doc comment noting the risk, keeping alias for backward compat
• Fixes build, adds missing sse event and correct command #11 (flat vs nested): Changed doc to "Should be" and noted nested objects are serialized as raw JSON
• If it's so local why do I need a NEAR AI account? #12 (refactor create_thread): Deferred — small scope PR, not worth the churn here
• feat: Add Okta SSO WASM tool for profile management and app catalog #13 (em-dash): Intentional

Missing tests (#7, #8): Will add in a follow-up — these require integration test fixtures that are better suited to the E2E test PR (#2174).