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codex/codex-rs/code-mode-protocol/src/host/codec.rs
Channing Conger b3e1c33776 code-mode: define process host wire protocol (#29804)
## Why

The process-owned code mode implementation needs an explicit, bounded
wire contract before either side depends on it. Keeping framing and
message semantics in `codex-code-mode-protocol` gives the client and
sidecar one shared source of truth and makes compatibility failures
detectable during connection setup.

## What changed

- adds a versioned client/host handshake with required and optional
capabilities
- defines operation requests and responses for session lifecycle and
cell control
- defines reverse delegate request, response, cancellation, and
cell-closure messages
- adds a four-byte little-endian length-prefixed JSON codec with a hard
frame cap
- rejects malformed frames, unknown fields, invalid identifiers, and
unsupported protocol states
- locks the wire representation down with explicit JSON round-trip tests

## Testing

- `just test -p codex-code-mode-protocol`

## Stack

Part 1 of 6. Followed by
[#29805](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/29805).
2026-06-24 20:03:22 -07:00

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use std::io;
use std::mem::size_of;
use serde::Serialize;
use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
use tokio::io::AsyncRead;
use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
use tokio::io::AsyncWrite;
use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
/// Maximum JSON payload size accepted for one IPC frame.
pub const MAX_FRAME_BYTES: usize = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
/// Decodes JSON messages prefixed by a four-byte little-endian payload length.
pub struct FramedReader<R> {
reader: R,
}
impl<R> FramedReader<R>
where
R: AsyncRead + Unpin,
{
pub fn new(reader: R) -> Self {
Self { reader }
}
/// Reads the next frame, returning `None` only for EOF at a frame boundary.
pub async fn read<T>(&mut self) -> io::Result<Option<T>>
where
T: DeserializeOwned,
{
let mut length_bytes = [0_u8; size_of::<u32>()];
if self.reader.read(&mut length_bytes[..1]).await? == 0 {
return Ok(None);
}
self.reader.read_exact(&mut length_bytes[1..]).await?;
let length = u32::from_le_bytes(length_bytes) as usize;
if length > MAX_FRAME_BYTES {
return Err(io::Error::new(
io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
format!("code-mode IPC frame length {length} exceeds {MAX_FRAME_BYTES} bytes"),
));
}
let mut payload = vec![0; length];
self.reader.read_exact(&mut payload).await?;
serde_json::from_slice(&payload).map(Some).map_err(|err| {
io::Error::new(
io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
format!("failed to decode code-mode IPC frame: {err}"),
)
})
}
}
/// Encodes JSON messages with a four-byte little-endian payload length.
pub struct FramedWriter<W> {
writer: W,
}
impl<W> FramedWriter<W>
where
W: AsyncWrite + Unpin,
{
pub fn new(writer: W) -> Self {
Self { writer }
}
/// Writes and flushes one complete frame.
pub async fn write<T>(&mut self, message: &T) -> io::Result<()>
where
T: Serialize,
{
let payload = serde_json::to_vec(message).map_err(|err| {
io::Error::new(
io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
format!("failed to encode code-mode IPC frame: {err}"),
)
})?;
if payload.len() > MAX_FRAME_BYTES {
return Err(io::Error::new(
io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
format!(
"code-mode IPC frame length {} exceeds {MAX_FRAME_BYTES} bytes",
payload.len()
),
));
}
let length = u32::try_from(payload.len()).map_err(|_| {
io::Error::new(
io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
"code-mode IPC frame length exceeds u32",
)
})?;
self.writer.write_all(&length.to_le_bytes()).await?;
self.writer.write_all(&payload).await?;
self.writer.flush().await
}
}