codex/third_party/voice

Native voice source inputs

This stage pins and prepares sources for a privately bundled, GStreamer-based audio runtime, including its native dependencies and build tools. It does not compile native libraries, link them into Codex or enable voice.

sources.json records the versions, URLs and SHA-256 digests of 11 archives:

Purpose	Sources
GStreamer framework and plugin sources	gstreamer, gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good
Supporting native libraries	glib, libffi, pcre2, zlib, proxy-libintl
Audio codec	opus
Build tools, not runtime libraries	meson, ninja

GLib also includes gvdb in its archive; it is recorded without a separate fetch. These inputs do not include the complete platform toolchain for native builds.

Bazel uses standard http_archive rules to fetch, verify, unpack and cache the archives from that manifest. Run from the repository root:

bazel build //third_party/voice:sources

For offline preparation without Bazel, use Python 3.12 or newer and an existing archive directory whose filenames match the manifest:

python3 third_party/voice/prepare_sources.py --archives /path/to/archives --output /path/to/new-sources
python3 -m unittest discover -s third_party/voice -p 'test_*.py'

The adapter verifies archive digests and bounds, then extracts with Python's tarfile data filter. It preserves links where supported and copies their archive targets when link creation is unavailable, including on Windows. It refuses an existing output directory and cleans up incomplete output. prepared.json records successful preparation, not the integrity of later edits to the extracted tree.

Ordinary CLI builds do not run either path. The Bazel :sources target is manual, so wildcard builds do not fetch these archives. :source_inputs exports the manifest and adapter for standalone consumers; :sources exposes extracted archives with Bazel build metadata. Neither target compiles libraries.

Checksums establish input identity, not security or license approval. Native compilation, final Cargo/Bazel linking, installed packages, minimum OS support and duplex audio validation remain separate stages. These inputs do not establish a shared Opus build with Rust consumers or a reduced dependency count.

Rust opus 0.4.0 is available through Socket. Adding Rust transport dependencies and establishing a shared Opus build remain separate integration work.

Native development inputs

The private native CI job also emits sdk.tar.gz from the same inspected prefix. It contains headers (including the target's GLib configuration), development library names, import/static libraries and pkg-config metadata. sdk.json records the target, source commit, pinned manifest and every exported file hash. Shared-library bytes must match the native inspection receipt; other development files are hashed during export. This is provenance, not an authenticity check.

Meson generates relocatable pkg-config metadata using its standard option. Consumers must restrict PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR to the SDK, clear PKG_CONFIG_PATH, and use pkg-config --define-prefix for libffi/PCRE2/zlib metadata too. Only the required native metadata is exported; capture Opus uses opusic-sys. Native library loader paths are not changed by SDK export. These build inputs do not replace the separate runtime projection and are never copied into users' Codex packages. Final helper linkage and moved-package execution remain separate integration work; exporting an SDK does not enable voice.

The Rust GStreamer bindings also link GLib's GIO library. Its pkg-config metadata is included in the SDK, and runtime preparation treats its loader identity as an explicit dependency root alongside the seven plugins. GIO comes from the same pinned GLib build; it is not another source package or a GStreamer plugin. Its transitive imports must satisfy the same private-library and system-import checks.

Native build recipe

bazel build //third_party/voice:native_prefix runs this same recipe with Bazel-declared source archives, C/C++ compiler and SDK flags, LLVM ranlib, CMake, Make, pkg-config and Python. It supports matching native macOS and Linux GNU 2.28 toolchain targets on x64/ARM64; Windows continues to use the standalone recipe below. The macOS minimum comes from the selected CcToolchain. This manual target is not part of ordinary wildcard CLI builds. Mac libffi partial links require Apple's /usr/bin/ld from Command Line Tools; the LLVM compiler and normal final-link flags remain in use.

The root registers the existing pinned built-Make toolchain for all foreign_cc Make consumers, including pkg-config's bootstrap, instead of selecting host Make. The recipe still needs the host's standard Unix utilities and /bin/bash; it is not a fully hermetic build.

The target exports raw prefix.tar and a built.json receipt (the receipt output group). These are build inputs, not a relocatable SDK or runtime package. No Rust GStreamer build-script annotations or helper loader-path changes are provided by this target. Upstream build failure logs appear in the action output.

build_native.py runs the unmodified upstream build systems in a new output directory, using the same archives. Unix builds accept repeated --c-flag=..., --cxx-flag=..., --link-flag=... and optional --ar/--ranlib inputs. These overrides are rejected on Windows; ambient flags remain ignored. Libffi uses compiler response files to preserve literal definitions through configure, recursive Make and libtool. Response-file paths must not require shell quoting. Its Autoconf recipe cannot preserve flags containing whitespace; those are rejected. Declared archiver and ranlib paths must not require shell quoting for libffi. Specify the target and existing compiler, CMake, make, pkg-config and shell paths explicitly. It requires a matching native host: GNU Linux, macOS, or Windows MSVC, on x64 or ARM64.

On macOS, specify the existing release deployment target with --deployment-target; the host OS version is not an acceptable default. Windows requires the normal Visual Studio SDK environment, Cygwin GNU make, bash/cygpath and Automake 1.18's standard ar-lib for upstream libffi, native Windows pkgconf, and --bootstrap-make pointing to NMake. The recipe does not install these build prerequisites or patch upstream sources. The optional --windows-build-inputs <json> argument records an explicit selection of these tools, the target-specific MSVC assembler, linker, library manager, inspector, Windows SDK resource/manifest tools, Python, and include/library roots. The existing private CI driver supplies this input from its provisioned VS/Cygwin setup. In this mode the recipe checks that named tools resolve to the selected files, puts MSVC ahead of Cygwin's different link.exe, and excludes unrelated inherited PATH and SDK entries. The exact selection is retained in build receipts. The JSON uses schemaVersion: 1, target, tools (role to absolute file path), systemRoot, and INCLUDE/LIB arrays of absolute directories. The CLI tool arguments must agree with the recorded selection. Without this argument, the standalone recipe keeps using the normal Visual Studio environment.

This selects already installed inputs; it does not hash their support files, sandbox the build, supply a Bazel Windows provider, or publish build tools. Those still require a complete declared compiler/bootstrap closure and approved public-readable inputs. Existing private Cygwin release assets do not satisfy public self-build access. No Windows support is disabled to hide that gap. The private CI bootstrap verifies the official Cygwin installer and native pkgconf MSI hashes before use. It also verifies a retained Cygwin package snapshot against pinned archive and member hashes before installing it offline using signed metadata. The installed package/version set must exactly match the snapshot manifest. The MSI is administratively extracted into job storage without a system install. Cygwin runs under x64 emulation on ARM64; the compiler probes and emitted DLLs must still match the real native target. Native pkgconf relocates libffi's POSIX prefix metadata; CI rejects residual Cygwin paths. These are build prerequisites, not shipped runtime components or evidence of working voice.

CMake libraries use relative install runpaths ($ORIGIN on Linux and @loader_path on Mac), with @rpath install names on Mac. Linux Meson links use $ORIGIN:$ORIGIN/.., matching libraries in lib/ and plugins in lib/gstreamer-1.0/. Mac Meson and libffi still need packaging-time fixups; these options do not make every Mac library relocatable at installation.

Outputs are under prefix/, build tools under tools/, and logs beside them. build-state.json records completed commands and failures; built.json exists only when every build/install command succeeds. Failed builds retain their logs and must use a new output directory on retry. CMake compiler-identification logs and the recorded tool/configuration inputs remain part of the build provenance.

The recipe disables optional plugins and Meson fallback dependency resolution, with pkg-config restricted to this prefix. Only system ABI libraries/frameworks may remain external; runtime closure inspection must verify that independently. //third_party/voice:build_inputs exposes the recipe and source inputs to Bazel. Neither this filegroup nor a successful prefix build proves final Cargo/Bazel linkage, safe private runtime loading, or an installed voice-capable Codex package.

Private macOS runtime projection

macos_runtime.py --prefix <extracted-prefix> --receipts <native-ci-receipts> --target <macOS-triple> --output <fresh-directory> verifies the native receipt, source manifest, per-file digests and Mach-O architecture before projecting the seven explicit plugins and their declared library dependencies. It removes SDK aliases and build-machine runpaths, rewrites private imports relative to each loader, and regenerates only development ad-hoc signatures. Inputs are untouched. The output must be new and outside the input directories; failures remove only that new output. runtime.json records source and transformed file identities. Xcode's xcrun llvm-objdump inspects Mach-O headers and load commands; the preparer reads its output and enforces the package dependency policy rather than decoding binary structures itself. install_name_tool still rewrites paths. runtime.py owns shared receipt checks, dependency selection, verified copying, and cleanup; each platform owns its binary format and loader changes. Output containment uses filesystem identity, and copied bytes are checked again before transformation so input changes cannot silently invalidate the source receipt.

This is a development-only payload, not a signed distribution package or proof of audio behavior. Dynamic-only dependencies, native helper linkage, LGPL notices, production signing/notarization, Windows/Linux loading and security approval remain separate requirements. No microphone, device, plugin scanner or backend is started by projection. Run its native relocation tests on macOS with Python 3.12 or newer.

Private GNU Linux runtime preparation

linux_runtime.py takes the same prefix, receipts, target and output arguments. It reads bounded ELF64 headers, segments and dynamic tables directly and accepts x64/ARM64 GNU Linux libraries. The shared Python coordinator selects the seven plugins and their declared dependencies without changing their bytes. The native build must have emitted package-relative runpaths; older absolute paths are rejected with a rebuild instruction. Output preserves lib/gstreamer-1.0/ so those relative paths remain valid. Loader audit/filter dependencies and path-bearing imports are rejected. Native tests require Python 3.12, a C compiler and patchelf; the latter constructs malformed inputs and is not needed during preparation or shipped in the runtime. The output is development-only, uses the host glibc, and does not establish musl or minimum-glibc support, dynamic-only dependency closure, helper loading policy or working voice.

Prepare Bazel's native build output

bazel build //third_party/voice:native_runtime prepares the selected Mac or GNU Linux prefix archive using the existing platform inspection and preparation code. It checks the completed build receipt, records the current workspace build commit, inspects physical libraries, and prepares verified copies. These receipts describe build inputs and inspection; they are not signatures or release approval.

This manual target requires the same host inspection/signing tools as the standalone platform preparer. It does not link Rust, change Windows builds, assemble a CLI package, or enable voice. The prepared runtime is the input to those later steps.

The native_sdk output exports the existing development SDK from that same inspected build. Unix Bazel Rust bindings keep their upstream pkg-config version checks, restricted to this SDK and the declared pkg-config executable. The supported system-deps search-path override directs linking to native_link's prepared libraries; its GStreamer linker-flag override removes the SDK's absolute rpath. Standard CcInfo supplies relative Bazel runpaths and explicit runfiles. Canonical ABI names and development aliases stay together, including transitive native dependencies. No host library fallback or version-probe bypass is used. Plugins and their manifest are exported beside those same canonical libraries; bindings and plugin imports must resolve to one physical copy of each library. Cargo still consumes an explicitly supplied SDK; Windows MSVC and final installed helper loader paths remain separate packaging steps. This does not enable voice.

Private Windows runtime preparation

windows_runtime.py takes the same arguments for x64/ARM64 MSVC build prefixes. MSVC's existing dumpbin reads PE headers, dependencies and exports; the Python adapter applies package policy without walking binary structures. It checks bounded PE32+ import tables, uses case-insensitive DLL identities, and copies the seven plugins and their declared dependencies into one private bin/ directory without changing DLL bytes. Delayed imports, managed DLLs and forwarded exports are unsupported and rejected. Native tests require MSVC and Python 3.12; they load the moved DLLs using only the DLL directory and System32 search flags. This development payload expects the Windows Universal CRT and the matching Microsoft Visual C++ runtime (VCRUNTIME140.dll) already installed. The latter is not a guaranteed OS component. Release redistribution/licensing, Authenticode policy and actual helper loading remain separate requirements; this script does not install or redistribute Microsoft runtime files or enable voice.

Windows Bazel inputs and actions

The named native_prefix_windows_{x86_64,aarch64}, native_runtime_windows_{x86_64,aarch64} and native_link_windows_{x86_64,aarch64} targets use the existing native recipe, runtime inspection and SDK export. These targets are MSVC-only. They require native Windows execution of the matching architecture; they are not cross builds. The generic Rust-consumer aliases are connected separately, after these inputs.

Provide the complete installed Cygwin/pkgconf repository explicitly. The default windows_installed_tools label setting is empty and fails if a Windows action needs it. This keeps ordinary public dependency queries independent of private provisioning; it does not silently omit tools from a requested Windows build. The module does not download that installed tree or accept compiler licenses.

After provisioning, a native PowerShell invocation is:

bazel build //third_party/voice:native_link_windows_x86_64 `
  --platforms=//:local_windows_msvc `
  --inject_repository="voice_windows_tools=$env:VOICE_WINDOWS_BAZEL_REPOSITORY" `
  --//third_party/voice:windows_installed_tools=@voice_windows_tools//:tools `
  --action_env="SystemRoot=$env:SystemRoot" --host_action_env="SystemRoot=$env:SystemRoot"

Use native_link_windows_aarch64 on native ARM64 Windows. Existing MSVC license acceptance requirements still apply. SystemRoot must be a fixed action value, not the inherited form --action_env=SystemRoot; Bazel analysis cannot inspect that inherited value. The action validates the Windows command directory and constructs its tool search path from declared inputs, not developer PATH entries.

Compiler, SDK, Python and CMake inputs use the existing pinned repositories. CMake and Cygwin execute as x64 under emulation on ARM64; compiler, SDK tools, Python and pkgconf match the native architecture. Complete support, include and library files are declared, and installed entrypoints must match the supplied target/architecture manifest and belong to that declared tree. This does not turn caller-provided files into authenticated inputs: provisioning retains that responsibility. These build tools must never enter shipped Codex packages.

Windows link inputs pair SDK import libraries with the corresponding prepared DLLs. DLLs, plugins and the receipt remain under the normal native-link runfiles layout; Windows receives no ELF or Mach-O runtime-search flags. This capability still needs real native x64/ARM64 Bazel execution and consumer validation before it establishes complete Windows voice support. The existing direct native recipe passing on Windows does not prove this new Bazel input and execution path.