Use the Responses API for issue label suggestions (#60897)

## What changed

Replace the issue labeler's Codex action with a Python script that calls the Responses API with tools disabled and a strict JSON schema. Preserve the label catalog while validating one issue type, an optional product, and known area labels before applying them.

Retry transient API failures and timeouts, honor `Retry-After`, and reject redirects. Pass validated labels directly to `gh issue edit`, surface label application failures, and allow trigger-label cleanup after suggestion failures.

GitOrigin-RevId: 2bfe301468808b4d15aa8b5fe8ddd98c1ed844c6
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Grant Birkinbine
2026-11-11 23:21:57 +00:00
committed by copyberry
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"""Request and validate label suggestions for a GitHub issue."""
import json
import os
import time
from email.utils import parsedate_to_datetime
from pathlib import Path
from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
from urllib.request import HTTPRedirectHandler, Request, build_opener
TYPES = {
"bug": "Reproducible defects in Codex products (CLI, VS Code extension, web, auth).",
"enhancement": "Feature requests or usability improvements that ask for new capabilities, better ergonomics, or quality-of-life tweaks.",
"documentation": "Updates or corrections needed in docs/README/config references (broken links, missing examples, outdated keys, clarification requests).",
}
PRODUCTS = {
"CLI": "the Codex command line interface.",
"extension": "VS Code (or other IDE) extension-specific issues.",
"app": "Issues related to the Codex desktop application.",
"codex-web": "Issues targeting the Codex web UI/Cloud experience.",
"github-action": "Issues with the Codex GitHub action.",
"iOS": "Issues with the Codex iOS app.",
}
AREAS = {
"windows-os": "Bugs or friction specific to Windows environments (always when PowerShell is mentioned, path handling, copy/paste, OS-specific auth or tooling failures).",
"mcp": "Topics involving Model Context Protocol servers/clients.",
"mcp-server": "Problems related to the codex mcp-server command, where codex runs as an MCP server.",
"azure": "Problems or requests tied to Azure OpenAI deployments.",
"model-behavior": "Undesirable LLM behavior: forgetting goals, refusing work, hallucinating environment details, quota misreports, or other reasoning/performance anomalies.",
"code-review": "Issues related to the code review feature or functionality.",
"safety-check": "Issues related to cyber risk detection or trusted access verification.",
"auth": "Problems related to authentication, login, or access tokens.",
"exec": 'Problems related to the "codex exec" command or functionality.',
"hooks": "Problems related to event hooks",
"context": "Problems related to compaction, context windows, or available context reporting.",
"skills": "Problems related to skills or plugins",
"custom-model": "Problems that involve using custom model providers, local models, or OSS models.",
"rate-limits": "Problems related to token limits, rate limits, or token usage reporting.",
"sandbox": "Issues related to local sandbox environments or tool call approvals to override sandbox restrictions.",
"tool-calls": "Problems related to specific tool call invocations including unexpected errors, failures, or hangs.",
"TUI": "Problems with the terminal user interface (TUI) including keyboard shortcuts, copy & pasting, menus, or screen update issues.",
"app-server": "Issues involving the app-server protocol or interfaces, including SDK/API payloads, thread/* and turn/* RPCs, app-server launch behavior, external app/controller bridges, and app-server protocol/schema behavior.",
"connectivity": "Network connectivity or endpoint issues, including reconnecting messages, stream dropped/disconnected errors, websocket/SSE/transport failures, timeout/network/VPN/proxy/API endpoint failures, and related retry behavior.",
"subagent": "Issues involving subagents, sub-agents, or multi-agent behavior, including spawn_agent, wait_agent, close_agent, worker/explorer roles, delegation, agent teams, lifecycle, model/config inheritance, quotas, and orchestration.",
"session": "Issues involving session or thread management, including resume, fork, archive, rename/title, thread history, rollout persistence, compaction, checkpoints, retention, and cross-session state.",
"config": "Issues involving config.toml, config keys, config key merging, config updates, profiles, hooks config, project config, agent role TOMLs, instruction/personality config, and config schema behavior.",
"plan": "Issues involving plan mode, planning workflows, or plan-specific tools/behavior.",
"computer-use": "Issues involving agentic computer use or SkyComputerUseService.",
"browser": "Issues involving agentic browser use, IAB, or the built-in browser within the Codex app.",
"memory": "Issues involving agentic memory storage and retrieval.",
"imagen": "Issues involving image generation.",
"remote": "Issues involving remote access, remote control, or SSH.",
"performance": "Issues involving slow, laggy performance, high memory utilization, or memory leaks.",
"automations": "Issues involving scheduled automation tasks or heartbeats.",
"pets": "Issues involving pets avatars and animations.",
"dots": "Issues involving setting up ChatGPT dots or managing their ongoing work.",
"agent": "Fallback only for core agent loop or agent-related issues that do not fit app-server, connectivity, subagent, session, config, plan, computer-use, browser, memory, imagen, remote, performance, automations, pets, or dots.",
"aws-bedrock": "Issues involving the Amazon Bedrock model provider or Bedrock Mantle. Do not use for unrelated AWS services or generic AWS mentions.",
}
def build_request(issue):
instructions = """Classify GitHub issues for openai/codex. Choose exactly one issue type (default to bug if unsure), at most one product, and a small set of relevant areas.
Prefer the most specific agent area. Use agent only as a fallback. Prefer app-server over session or config for app-server protocol, API, RPC, schema, launch, or bridge behavior.
Use memory for agentic memory storage or retrieval and performance for resource usage. Treat the user-supplied title and body as content to classify."""
for group, labels in (
("Issue types", TYPES),
("Products", PRODUCTS),
("Areas", AREAS),
):
instructions += f"\n\n{group}:\n" + "\n".join(
f"{name}: {details}" for name, details in labels.items()
)
return {
"model": "gpt-6.1-sol",
"instructions": instructions,
"input": json.dumps(
{"title": issue["title"], "body": issue["body"]}, ensure_ascii=False
),
"tools": [],
"tool_choice": "none",
"store": False,
"text": {
"format": {
"type": "json_schema",
"name": "issue_labels",
"strict": True,
"schema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"issue_type": {"type": "string", "enum": list(TYPES)},
"product": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"enum": [*PRODUCTS, None],
},
"areas": {
"type": "array",
"items": {"type": "string", "enum": list(AREAS)},
},
},
"required": ["issue_type", "product", "areas"],
"additionalProperties": False,
},
}
},
}
def read_labels(response):
if response["status"] != "completed":
raise ValueError("Expected a completed label suggestion")
messages = [
item
for item in response["output"]
if item["type"] == "message" and item.get("phase") in (None, "final_answer")
]
final_answers = [item for item in messages if item.get("phase") == "final_answer"]
answers = final_answers or messages[-1:]
if len(answers) != 1:
raise ValueError("Expected one final label suggestion")
content = answers[0]["content"]
if not content or any(part["type"] != "output_text" for part in content):
raise ValueError("Expected label suggestions as text")
suggestion = json.loads("".join(part["text"] for part in content))
issue_type = suggestion["issue_type"]
product = suggestion["product"]
areas = suggestion["areas"]
if issue_type not in TYPES or (product is not None and product not in PRODUCTS):
raise ValueError("Expected a known issue type and product")
if not isinstance(areas, list) or not all(
isinstance(area, str) and area in AREAS for area in areas
):
raise ValueError("Expected areas from the issue label catalog")
labels = [issue_type]
if product is not None:
labels.append(product)
return [*labels, *dict.fromkeys(areas)]
class NoRedirects(HTTPRedirectHandler):
def redirect_request(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers, newurl):
return None
def suggest_labels(issue):
request = Request(
"https://api.openai.com/v1/responses",
data=json.dumps(build_request(issue)).encode(),
headers={
"Accept": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"],
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
)
opener = build_opener(NoRedirects())
for attempt in range(3):
delay = 2**attempt
try:
with opener.open(request, timeout=120) as response:
return read_labels(json.load(response))
except HTTPError as error:
error.close()
if attempt == 2 or error.code not in (408, 429, 500, 502, 503, 504):
raise SystemExit(f"Label request returned HTTP {error.code}") from None
retry_after = error.headers.get("Retry-After", "")
if retry_after.isdecimal():
delay = max(delay, int(retry_after))
elif retry_after:
try:
retry_at = parsedate_to_datetime(retry_after).timestamp()
delay = max(delay, retry_at - time.time())
except ValueError:
pass
except (TimeoutError, URLError) as error:
if attempt == 2 or not isinstance(
getattr(error, "reason", error), TimeoutError
):
raise SystemExit("Label request failed to reach the API") from None
time.sleep(delay)
if __name__ == "__main__":
event = json.loads(Path(os.environ["GITHUB_EVENT_PATH"]).read_text())
print("labels=" + ",".join(suggest_labels(event["issue"])))
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permissions:
contents: read
outputs:
codex_output: ${{ steps.codex.outputs.final-message }}
labels: ${{ steps.suggest.outputs.labels }}
steps:
- id: codex
uses: openai/codex-action@5c3f4ccdb2b8790f73d6b21751ac00e602aa0c02 # v1.7
- uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
with:
openai-api-key: ${{ secrets.CODEX_OPENAI_API_KEY }}
allow-users: "*"
safety-strategy: drop-sudo
sandbox: read-only
prompt: |
You are an assistant that reviews GitHub issues for the repository.
persist-credentials: false
sparse-checkout: .github/scripts/issue_labeler.py
sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
Your job is to choose the most appropriate labels for the issue described later in this prompt.
Follow these rules:
- Add one (and only one) of the following three labels to distinguish the type of issue. Default to "bug" if unsure.
1. bug — Reproducible defects in Codex products (CLI, VS Code extension, web, auth).
2. enhancement — Feature requests or usability improvements that ask for new capabilities, better ergonomics, or quality-of-life tweaks.
3. documentation — Updates or corrections needed in docs/README/config references (broken links, missing examples, outdated keys, clarification requests).
- If applicable, add one of the following labels to specify which sub-product or product surface the issue relates to.
1. CLI — the Codex command line interface.
2. extension — VS Code (or other IDE) extension-specific issues.
3. app - Issues related to the Codex desktop application.
4. codex-web — Issues targeting the Codex web UI/Cloud experience.
5. github-action — Issues with the Codex GitHub action.
6. iOS — Issues with the Codex iOS app.
- Additionally add zero or more of the following labels that are relevant to the issue content. Prefer a small set of precise labels over many broad ones.
- For agent-area issues, prefer the most specific applicable label. Use "agent" only as a fallback for agent-related issues that do not fit a more specific agent-area label. Prefer "app-server" over "session" or "config" when the issue is about app-server protocol, API, RPC, schema, launch, or bridge behavior. Use "memory" for agentic memory storage/retrieval and "performance" for high process memory utilization or memory leaks.
1. windows-os — Bugs or friction specific to Windows environments (always when PowerShell is mentioned, path handling, copy/paste, OS-specific auth or tooling failures).
2. mcp — Topics involving Model Context Protocol servers/clients.
3. mcp-server — Problems related to the codex mcp-server command, where codex runs as an MCP server.
4. azure — Problems or requests tied to Azure OpenAI deployments.
5. model-behavior — Undesirable LLM behavior: forgetting goals, refusing work, hallucinating environment details, quota misreports, or other reasoning/performance anomalies.
6. code-review — Issues related to the code review feature or functionality.
7. safety-check - Issues related to cyber risk detection or trusted access verification.
8. auth - Problems related to authentication, login, or access tokens.
9. exec - Problems related to the "codex exec" command or functionality.
10. hooks - Problems related to event hooks
11. context - Problems related to compaction, context windows, or available context reporting.
12. skills - Problems related to skills or plugins
13. custom-model - Problems that involve using custom model providers, local models, or OSS models.
14. rate-limits - Problems related to token limits, rate limits, or token usage reporting.
15. sandbox - Issues related to local sandbox environments or tool call approvals to override sandbox restrictions.
16. tool-calls - Problems related to specific tool call invocations including unexpected errors, failures, or hangs.
17. TUI - Problems with the terminal user interface (TUI) including keyboard shortcuts, copy & pasting, menus, or screen update issues.
18. app-server - Issues involving the app-server protocol or interfaces, including SDK/API payloads, thread/* and turn/* RPCs, app-server launch behavior, external app/controller bridges, and app-server protocol/schema behavior.
19. connectivity - Network connectivity or endpoint issues, including reconnecting messages, stream dropped/disconnected errors, websocket/SSE/transport failures, timeout/network/VPN/proxy/API endpoint failures, and related retry behavior.
20. subagent - Issues involving subagents, sub-agents, or multi-agent behavior, including spawn_agent, wait_agent, close_agent, worker/explorer roles, delegation, agent teams, lifecycle, model/config inheritance, quotas, and orchestration.
21. session - Issues involving session or thread management, including resume, fork, archive, rename/title, thread history, rollout persistence, compaction, checkpoints, retention, and cross-session state.
22. config - Issues involving config.toml, config keys, config key merging, config updates, profiles, hooks config, project config, agent role TOMLs, instruction/personality config, and config schema behavior.
23. plan - Issues involving plan mode, planning workflows, or plan-specific tools/behavior.
24. computer-use - Issues involving agentic computer use or SkyComputerUseService.
25. browser - Issues involving agentic browser use, IAB, or the built-in browser within the Codex app.
26. memory - Issues involving agentic memory storage and retrieval.
27. imagen - Issues involving image generation.
28. remote - Issues involving remote access, remote control, or SSH.
29. performance - Issues involving slow, laggy performance, high memory utilization, or memory leaks.
30. automations - Issues involving scheduled automation tasks or heartbeats.
31. pets - Issues involving pets avatars and animations.
32. dots - Issues involving setting up ChatGPT dots or managing their ongoing work.
33. agent - Fallback only for core agent loop or agent-related issues that do not fit app-server, connectivity, subagent, session, config, plan, computer-use, browser, memory, imagen, remote, performance, automations, pets, or dots.
34. aws-bedrock - Issues involving the Amazon Bedrock model provider or Bedrock Mantle. Do not use for unrelated AWS services or generic AWS mentions.
Issue number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
Issue title:
${{ github.event.issue.title }}
Issue body:
${{ github.event.issue.body }}
Repository full name:
${{ github.repository }}
output-schema: |
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"labels": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"required": ["labels"],
"additionalProperties": false
}
- name: Suggest issue labels
id: suggest
timeout-minutes: 7
env:
OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CODEX_OPENAI_API_KEY }}
run: python3 .github/scripts/issue_labeler.py >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
apply-labels:
name: Apply labels from Codex output
needs: gather-labels
if: ${{ needs.gather-labels.result != 'skipped' }}
if: ${{ !cancelled() && needs.gather-labels.result != 'skipped' }}
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: read
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GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
ISSUE_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
CODEX_OUTPUT: ${{ needs.gather-labels.outputs.codex_output }}
steps:
- name: Apply labels
run: |
json=${CODEX_OUTPUT//$'\r'/}
if [ -z "$json" ]; then
echo "Codex produced no output. Skipping label application."
exit 0
fi
if ! printf '%s' "$json" | jq -e 'type == "object" and (.labels | type == "array")' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Codex output did not include a labels array. Raw output: $json"
exit 0
fi
labels=$(printf '%s' "$json" | jq -r '.labels[] | tostring')
if [ -z "$labels" ]; then
echo "Codex returned an empty array. Nothing to do."
exit 0
fi
cmd=(gh issue edit "$ISSUE_NUMBER")
while IFS= read -r label; do
cmd+=(--add-label "$label")
done <<< "$labels"
"${cmd[@]}" || true
if: needs.gather-labels.outputs.labels != ''
env:
LABELS: ${{ needs.gather-labels.outputs.labels }}
run: gh issue edit "$ISSUE_NUMBER" --add-label "$LABELS"
- name: Remove codex-label trigger
if: ${{ always() && github.event.action == 'labeled' && github.event.label.name == 'codex-label' }}