From 9b97aa2c8fe76a457c4fe57b0b47ca2722109ac3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jif-oai <jif@openai.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:31:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix freeze 3

---
 codex-rs/tui/src/app.rs | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/app.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/app.rs
index 5413fb1496..5c1a4b6c93 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/app.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/app.rs
@@ -717,25 +717,42 @@ impl App {
 
         if should_send {
             // Never await a bounded channel send on the main TUI loop: if the receiver falls behind,
-            // `send().await` can block and the UI stops drawing. If the channel is full, wait in a
-            // spawned task instead.
-            match sender.try_send(event) {
-                Ok(()) => {}
-                Err(TrySendError::Full(event)) => {
-                    tokio::spawn(async move {
-                        if let Err(err) = sender.send(event).await {
-                            tracing::warn!("thread {thread_id} event channel closed: {err}");
+            // `send().await` can block and the UI stops drawing. Instead, drop the oldest queued
+            // event (from the active thread) until we can enqueue the newest.
+            let mut event = event;
+            loop {
+                match sender.try_send(event) {
+                    Ok(()) => break,
+                    Err(TrySendError::Closed(_)) => {
+                        tracing::warn!("thread {thread_id} event channel closed");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    Err(TrySendError::Full(unsent)) => {
+                        if !self.drop_oldest_active_thread_event(thread_id) {
+                            tracing::debug!("dropping event for thread {thread_id}: channel full");
+                            break;
                         }
-                    });
-                }
-                Err(TrySendError::Closed(_)) => {
-                    tracing::warn!("thread {thread_id} event channel closed");
+                        event = unsent;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    fn drop_oldest_active_thread_event(&mut self, thread_id: ThreadId) -> bool {
+        if self.active_thread_id != Some(thread_id) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        let Some(rx) = self.active_thread_rx.as_mut() else {
+            return false;
+        };
+        match rx.try_recv() {
+            Ok(_) => true,
+            Err(TryRecvError::Empty | TryRecvError::Disconnected) => false,
+        }
+    }
+
     async fn enqueue_primary_event(&mut self, event: Event) -> Result<()> {
         if let Some(thread_id) = self.primary_thread_id {
             return self.enqueue_thread_event(thread_id, event).await;
@@ -2443,37 +2460,29 @@ mod tests {
         let thread_id = ThreadId::new();
         app.thread_event_channels
             .insert(thread_id, ThreadEventChannel::new(1));
-        app.set_thread_active(thread_id, true).await;
+        app.activate_thread_channel(thread_id).await;
 
-        let event = Event {
-            id: String::new(),
+        let older = Event {
+            id: "older".to_string(),
             msg: EventMsg::ShutdownComplete,
         };
+        let newer = Event {
+            id: "newer".to_string(),
+            msg: EventMsg::SkillsUpdateAvailable,
+        };
 
-        app.enqueue_thread_event(thread_id, event.clone()).await?;
+        app.enqueue_thread_event(thread_id, older).await?;
         time::timeout(
             Duration::from_millis(50),
-            app.enqueue_thread_event(thread_id, event),
+            app.enqueue_thread_event(thread_id, newer),
         )
         .await
         .expect("enqueue_thread_event blocked on a full channel")?;
 
-        let mut rx = app
-            .thread_event_channels
-            .get_mut(&thread_id)
-            .expect("missing thread channel")
-            .receiver
-            .take()
-            .expect("missing receiver");
-
-        time::timeout(Duration::from_millis(50), rx.recv())
-            .await
-            .expect("timed out waiting for first event")
-            .expect("channel closed unexpectedly");
-        time::timeout(Duration::from_millis(50), rx.recv())
-            .await
-            .expect("timed out waiting for second event")
-            .expect("channel closed unexpectedly");
+        let rx = app.active_thread_rx.as_mut().expect("missing receiver");
+        let received = rx.try_recv().expect("expected queued event");
+        assert_eq!(received.id, "newer");
+        assert!(rx.try_recv().is_err(), "expected only one queued event");
 
         Ok(())
     }