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Bryan Ashley b9bfc0aff8 Allow background persistence for steered user input (#45506 )

## Why

Persisting user input received during an active turn currently blocks the next model request. Stores that support background persistence can overlap this checkpoint with inference.

## What changed

- Add `PersistContext::SteeredUserInput` and `allows_background_persistence()` so stores may enqueue these checkpoints, with durability and error reporting enforced by later flush or shutdown operations.
- Use the new context for accepted steered user input and apply the same metadata handling as turn-start persistence.
- Keep tool outputs synchronous, including in mixed input batches, and allow stores to retain synchronous persistence for all contexts.

## Testing

Add gated-store integration tests covering background user-input persistence, synchronous stores, and synchronous tool-output checkpoints. Verify that the next request includes the steered input and waits for persistence when required.

GitOrigin-RevId: c60b7b6c9b483245fd3169306bcf0de248ccdf35

2026-09-14 19:39:31 +00:00

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Allow background persistence for steered user input (#45506 )

2026-09-14 19:39:31 +00:00

BUILD.bazel

ThreadStore interface (#17659 )

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Cargo.toml

Expose image generation usage-limit failures (#38024 )

2026-08-11 15:40:52 +00:00

README.md

Unify thread metadata updates above store (#22236 )

2026-05-13 00:28:15 +00:00

README.md

Thread Store

codex-thread-store is the storage boundary for Codex threads. It defines the ThreadStore trait plus local and in-memory implementations. Other storage implementations may live outside this repository.

Responsibilities

ThreadStore::append_items is the raw canonical history append API. It does not infer metadata from item contents.
ThreadStore::update_thread_metadata is the only thread metadata write API. It accepts a single literal metadata patch shape, regardless of whether the caller is applying a user/API mutation or facts derived above the store from appended history.
LiveThread is the preferred API for active session persistence. It owns a per-thread metadata sync helper, applies the rollout persistence policy, appends canonical history, and then sends metadata patches through ThreadStore::update_thread_metadata.
ThreadManager routes metadata mutations for loaded and cold threads through one entrypoint. Loaded threads use their LiveThread; cold threads go directly to the store.
LocalThreadStore persists history through codex-rollout JSONL files and persists queryable metadata through the SQLite state database when available. Local explicit metadata mutations also maintain JSONL/name-index compatibility so reading old or SQLite-less local storage keeps working.
RolloutRecorder is the local JSONL writer. It writes already-canonical items for ThreadStore::append_items; it no longer decides metadata updates for live thread-store appends.
core/session creates or resumes LiveThread handles and does not need to know whether persistence is backed by local files or another store.

Direction

New metadata observation semantics should live above ThreadStore. Stores persist explicit metadata fields, but raw history appends remain history-only.