From cfb8ddb9fffeaa561ffdc69d203d422d94ea2fb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Traut <etraut@openai.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 19:47:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] codex: address PR review feedback (#31176)

---
 codex-rs/core/src/session/input_queue.rs | 19 ++++-------
 codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs        | 40 ++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/session/input_queue.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/session/input_queue.rs
index e46a71892b..8a810f2949 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/session/input_queue.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/session/input_queue.rs
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ impl InputQueue {
         Option<InputQueueActivity>,
     ) {
         let activity_rx = self.activity_tx.subscribe();
-        let has_pending_steer = if let Some(turn_state) = turn_state {
-            turn_state.lock().await.pending_input.has_user_input()
+        let has_pending_turn_input = if let Some(turn_state) = turn_state {
+            !turn_state.lock().await.pending_input.items.is_empty()
         } else {
             false
         };
-        let pending_activity = if has_pending_steer {
+        let pending_activity = if has_pending_turn_input {
             Some(InputQueueActivity::Steer)
         } else if self.has_pending_mailbox_items().await {
             Some(InputQueueActivity::Mailbox)
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ impl InputQueue {
         input: Vec<TurnInput>,
     ) {
         turn_state.lock().await.pending_input.items.extend(input);
+        self.activity_tx.send_replace(InputQueueActivity::Steer);
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn take_pending_input_for_turn_state(
@@ -252,14 +253,6 @@ impl InputQueue {
     }
 }
 
-impl TurnInputQueue {
-    fn has_user_input(&self) -> bool {
-        self.items
-            .iter()
-            .any(|input| matches!(input, TurnInput::UserInput { .. }))
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -313,7 +306,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    async fn input_queue_notifies_steer_subscribers() {
+    async fn input_queue_notifies_turn_input_subscribers() {
         let input_queue = InputQueue::new();
         let turn_state = Mutex::new(TurnState::default());
         let (mut activity_rx, pending_activity) =
@@ -321,7 +314,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(pending_activity, None);
 
         input_queue
-            .extend_pending_input_and_accept_mailbox_delivery_for_turn_state(
+            .extend_pending_input_for_turn_state(
                 &turn_state,
                 vec![TurnInput::UserInput {
                     content: vec![UserInput::Text {
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs
index 2bf6b1cf7b..7e7b4ea6d6 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ use crate::responses_metadata::CodexResponsesMetadata;
 use crate::responses_metadata::CodexResponsesRequestKind;
 use crate::responses_retry::ResponsesStreamRequest;
 use crate::responses_retry::handle_retryable_response_stream_error;
-use crate::session::InputQueueActivity;
 use crate::session::PreviousTurnSettings;
 use crate::session::TurnInput;
 use crate::session::session::Session;
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_turn(
     // 2. After auto-compact, when model/tool continuation needs to resume before any steer.
 
     let mut next_step_context = Some(first_step_context);
-    let mut retrying_sampling_without_steer = false;
+    let mut retrying_sampling_without_input = false;
     loop {
         // Note that pending_input would be something like a message the user
         // submitted through the UI while the model was running. Though the UI
@@ -254,7 +253,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_turn(
         };
         let sampling_request_result: CodexResult<_> = async {
             // A capacity-only retry should not grow model context or invalidate its cache.
-            if !std::mem::take(&mut retrying_sampling_without_steer) {
+            if !std::mem::take(&mut retrying_sampling_without_input) {
                 super::time_reminder::maybe_record_current_time_reminder(
                     sess.as_ref(),
                     turn_context.as_ref(),
@@ -483,26 +482,35 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_turn(
                         .input_queue
                         .turn_state_for_sub_id(&sess.active_turn, &turn_context.sub_id)
                         .await;
-                    let (mut activity_rx, pending_activity) = sess
+                    let (mut activity_rx, _) = sess
                         .input_queue
                         .subscribe_activity(turn_state.as_deref())
                         .await;
-                    let steered = if pending_activity == Some(InputQueueActivity::Steer) {
+                    let retry_interrupted = if sess
+                        .input_queue
+                        .has_pending_input(&sess.active_turn)
+                        .await
+                    {
                         true
                     } else {
-                        tokio::time::timeout(delay, async {
-                            while activity_rx.changed().await.is_ok() {
-                                // Mailbox activity does not represent user intent to retry now.
-                                if *activity_rx.borrow_and_update() == InputQueueActivity::Steer {
-                                    return true;
-                                }
+                        tokio::select! {
+                            _ = cancellation_token.cancelled() => {
+                                return Err(CodexErr::TurnAborted);
                             }
-                            false
-                        })
-                        .await
-                        .unwrap_or(false)
+                            result = tokio::time::timeout(delay, async {
+                                while activity_rx.changed().await.is_ok() {
+                                    // Ignore mailbox activity deferred to the next turn.
+                                    if sess.input_queue.has_pending_input(&sess.active_turn).await {
+                                        return true;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                false
+                            }) => {
+                                result.unwrap_or(false)
+                            }
+                        }
                     };
-                    retrying_sampling_without_steer = !steered;
+                    retrying_sampling_without_input = !retry_interrupted;
                     can_drain_pending_input = true;
                     continue;
                 }