diff --git a/.codex/flaky-test-triage.md b/.codex/flaky-test-triage.md
index d51a9bd977..8ca252346d 100644
--- a/.codex/flaky-test-triage.md
+++ b/.codex/flaky-test-triage.md
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ Older failures also appeared on Linux, but the repeated cross-PR signal is stron
 - Commit `d017d0fc3` fixed those two Windows-specific flakes, but the first in-process fuzzy-search harness revision introduced a new ordering regression on Linux.
 - Linux failure: `all::suite::fuzzy_file_search::test_fuzzy_file_search_session_update_works_without_waiting_for_start_response` received an error instead of a response because `sessionUpdate` could be enqueued ahead of `sessionStart`.
 - Commit `4195e7e80` fixed that ordering race, but the new public in-process request helpers returned a private type alias and tripped the `Lint/Build` matrix before the remaining test jobs could finish.
+- Commit `ef5a05fa3` narrowed those signatures back to public concrete types, but the same methods still expanded to a complex nested `Result` in every `cargo clippy` target. The follow-up replaces that inline type with a documented public alias so the request-order fix does not keep failing non-release `Lint/Build`.
 - Current patch set:
   - Pin the standalone shell test to `cmd.exe` on Windows so it validates reference-context isolation without depending on PowerShell startup behavior.
   - Replace the fuzzy-file-search suite's spawned `codex-app-server` harness with the in-process app-server runtime so the tests still exercise request/notification behavior without the flaky stdio startup path.
   - Preserve in-process request order by enqueueing requests synchronously and storing a pending-response handle instead of spawning `sender.request(...)` tasks that can race.
   - Inline the public in-process request return types so the request-order fix no longer leaks a private alias through the `app-server` public API.
+  - Expose that request-response shape through a documented public alias so `cargo clippy -D warnings` does not reject the in-process helper API for `type_complexity`.
 - Rationale: these failures are test-harness flakes, not product behaviors. The fixes keep the assertions intact and remove environment-sensitive startup and ordering hazards instead of stretching timeouts.
 
 ## Constraints
@@ -88,3 +90,4 @@ Older failures also appeared on Linux, but the repeated cross-PR signal is stron
 | `495ef3f76` | Expose nextest failure tail in CI | failed | Run `23083992418` failed in both Windows `Tests` jobs. The new annotations identified `codex::tests::run_user_shell_command_does_not_set_reference_context_item` timing out on Windows x64 and `all::suite::fuzzy_file_search::test_fuzzy_file_search_session_multiple_query_updates_work` timing out during app-server `initialize` on Windows arm64. |
 | `d017d0fc3` | Stabilize Windows shell and fuzzy search tests | failed | Run `23084639316` fixed the original Windows-targeted failures, but introduced a new failure in `Tests — ubuntu-24.04 - x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu`: `all::suite::fuzzy_file_search::test_fuzzy_file_search_session_update_works_without_waiting_for_start_response`. The in-process harness used spawned `sender.request(...)` tasks, which made request submission order nondeterministic and let `sessionUpdate` race ahead of `sessionStart`. `Bazel (experimental)` also failed on macOS in the same patch window, and the still-running Windows jobs were superseded by the next follow-up commit. |
 | `4195e7e80` | Preserve in-process fuzzy search request ordering | failed | Run `23084952538` proved the Linux ordering fix was necessary, but the follow-up widened the `app-server` public API with methods that returned a private type alias. `Lint/Build` failed on Linux and macOS before the remaining `Tests` jobs finished, so the next follow-up narrows the public signatures back to concrete types and reuses the same request-order behavior. |
+| `ef5a05fa3` | Inline in-process request response types | failed | Run `23085144063` cleared the private-alias compile break, but every non-release `Lint/Build` target still failed in `cargo clippy` while release builds passed. The next follow-up replaces the inline `IoResult<Result<...>>` signatures with a documented public alias, which is the smallest code change consistent with the cross-target `cargo clippy` pattern. |
diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/src/in_process.rs b/codex-rs/app-server/src/in_process.rs
index f48eb1fdaf..dd7afccc9a 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/src/in_process.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/src/in_process.rs
@@ -92,15 +92,16 @@ const SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
 /// Default bounded channel capacity for in-process runtime queues.
 pub const DEFAULT_IN_PROCESS_CHANNEL_CAPACITY: usize = CHANNEL_CAPACITY;
 
-type PendingClientRequestResponse = std::result::Result<Result, JSONRPCErrorError>;
+/// JSON-RPC application response returned by in-process client requests.
+pub type InProcessRequestResponse = std::result::Result<Result, JSONRPCErrorError>;
 
 /// Handle for a request that has been enqueued but whose response has not yet been awaited.
 pub struct PendingInProcessRequest {
-    response_rx: oneshot::Receiver<PendingClientRequestResponse>,
+    response_rx: oneshot::Receiver<InProcessRequestResponse>,
 }
 
 impl PendingInProcessRequest {
-    pub async fn recv(self) -> IoResult<std::result::Result<Result, JSONRPCErrorError>> {
+    pub async fn recv(self) -> IoResult<InProcessRequestResponse> {
         self.response_rx.await.map_err(|err| {
             IoError::new(
                 ErrorKind::BrokenPipe,
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ pub enum InProcessServerEvent {
 enum InProcessClientMessage {
     Request {
         request: Box<ClientRequest>,
-        response_tx: oneshot::Sender<PendingClientRequestResponse>,
+        response_tx: oneshot::Sender<InProcessRequestResponse>,
     },
     Notification {
         notification: ClientNotification,
@@ -225,10 +226,7 @@ impl InProcessClientSender {
         Ok(PendingInProcessRequest { response_rx })
     }
 
-    pub async fn request(
-        &self,
-        request: ClientRequest,
-    ) -> IoResult<std::result::Result<Result, JSONRPCErrorError>> {
+    pub async fn request(&self, request: ClientRequest) -> IoResult<InProcessRequestResponse> {
         self.start_request(request)?.recv().await
     }
 
@@ -293,10 +291,7 @@ impl InProcessClientHandle {
     /// request IDs unique among concurrent requests; reusing an in-flight ID
     /// produces an `INVALID_REQUEST` response and can make request routing
     /// ambiguous in the caller.
-    pub async fn request(
-        &self,
-        request: ClientRequest,
-    ) -> IoResult<std::result::Result<Result, JSONRPCErrorError>> {
+    pub async fn request(&self, request: ClientRequest) -> IoResult<InProcessRequestResponse> {
         self.client.request(request).await
     }
 
@@ -515,7 +510,7 @@ fn start_uninitialized(args: InProcessStartArgs) -> InProcessClientHandle {
             processor.connection_closed(IN_PROCESS_CONNECTION_ID).await;
         });
         let mut pending_request_responses =
-            HashMap::<RequestId, oneshot::Sender<PendingClientRequestResponse>>::new();
+            HashMap::<RequestId, oneshot::Sender<InProcessRequestResponse>>::new();
         let mut shutdown_ack = None;
 
         loop {