From a741b93ba24f65638be6e360a6e6385f468b9e5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Bolin <mbolin@openai.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:03:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: drop lock earlier; was held across send_event().await
 unnecessarily

---
 codex-rs/core/src/codex.rs | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/codex.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/codex.rs
index 5274d88664..42f165bbf3 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/codex.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/codex.rs
@@ -6696,13 +6696,16 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_turn(
                 break;
             }
             Err(CodexErr::InvalidImageRequest()) => {
-                let mut state = sess.state.lock().await;
-                error_or_panic(
-                    "Invalid image detected; sanitizing tool output to prevent poisoning",
-                );
-                if state.history.replace_last_turn_images("Invalid image") {
-                    continue;
+                {
+                    let mut state = sess.state.lock().await;
+                    error_or_panic(
+                        "Invalid image detected; sanitizing tool output to prevent poisoning",
+                    );
+                    if state.history.replace_last_turn_images("Invalid image") {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                 }
+
                 let event = EventMsg::Error(ErrorEvent {
                     message: "Invalid image in your last message. Please remove it and try again."
                         .to_string(),