From b6f9aee16dc7dc10fbf7fc17c6757c4183dee058 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fbauer33 <fbauer@openai.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 15:14:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [codex] increase tool schema compaction threshold (#31497)

## Why

The 4,000-byte limit is compacting the tool schemas of some hero
usecases.

## What changed

Raise the limit to 5,000 bytes and update compaction test fixtures
accordingly.
---
 codex-rs/tools/src/json_schema.rs       |  2 +-
 codex-rs/tools/src/json_schema_tests.rs | 14 +++++++-------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codex-rs/tools/src/json_schema.rs b/codex-rs/tools/src/json_schema.rs
index acffb78b11..7c9edd08e1 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tools/src/json_schema.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tools/src/json_schema.rs
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ fn deserialize_tool_input_schema(input_schema: JsonValue) -> Result<JsonSchema,
 
 // Use compact normalized JSON bytes as a cheap local proxy for the 1k-token
 // schema budget.
-const MAX_COMPACT_TOOL_SCHEMA_BYTES: usize = 4_000;
+const MAX_COMPACT_TOOL_SCHEMA_BYTES: usize = 5_000;
 const MAX_COMPACT_TOOL_SCHEMA_DEPTH: usize = 3;
 
 /// Shrink unusually large tool schemas while preserving the top-level argument
diff --git a/codex-rs/tools/src/json_schema_tests.rs b/codex-rs/tools/src/json_schema_tests.rs
index 3011c54f93..c7377f31d9 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tools/src/json_schema_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tools/src/json_schema_tests.rs
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ fn many_string_properties(count: usize) -> serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::V
 fn parse_large_tool_input_schema_compacts_descriptions_only_on_default_path() {
     let input_schema = serde_json::json!({
         "type": "object",
-        "description": "x".repeat(4_500),
+        "description": "x".repeat(5_500),
         "properties": {
             "metadata": {
                 "$ref": "#/$defs/metadata"
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ fn parse_large_tool_input_schema_compacts_descriptions_only_on_default_path() {
         serde_json::to_value(schema).expect("serialize schema"),
         serde_json::json!({
             "type": "object",
-            "description": "x".repeat(4_500),
+            "description": "x".repeat(5_500),
             "properties": {
                 "metadata": {
                     "$ref": "#/$defs/metadata"
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ fn parse_large_tool_input_schema_ignores_dropped_metadata_for_budget() {
                         "type": "object",
                         "examples": [
                             {
-                                "payload": "x".repeat(4_500)
+                                "payload": "x".repeat(5_500)
                             }
                         ],
                         "properties": {
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ fn parse_large_tool_input_schema_ignores_dropped_metadata_for_budget() {
 fn parse_large_tool_input_schema_stops_after_dropping_root_definitions_when_under_budget() {
     let schema = parse_tool_input_schema(&serde_json::json!({
         "type": "object",
-        "description": "x".repeat(4_500),
+        "description": "x".repeat(5_500),
         "properties": {
             "event": {
                 "type": "object",
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ fn parse_large_tool_input_schema_stops_after_dropping_root_definitions_when_unde
 fn parse_large_tool_input_schema_strips_descriptions_without_removing_description_property() {
     let schema = parse_tool_input_schema(&serde_json::json!({
         "type": "object",
-        "description": "x".repeat(4_500),
+        "description": "x".repeat(5_500),
         "properties": {
             "description": {
                 "type": "string",
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ fn parse_large_tool_input_schema_prunes_single_composition_variant_if_still_over
                 "anyOf": [
                     {
                         "type": "string",
-                        "enum": ["x".repeat(4_500)]
+                        "enum": ["x".repeat(5_500)]
                     }
                 ]
             }
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ fn parse_large_tool_input_schema_prunes_single_composition_variant_if_still_over
 fn parse_large_tool_input_schema_preserves_object_enum_literal_descriptions() {
     let schema = parse_tool_input_schema(&serde_json::json!({
         "type": "object",
-        "description": "x".repeat(4_500),
+        "description": "x".repeat(5_500),
         "properties": {
             "choice": {
                 "enum": [