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Brent Traut 547080e4d6 Prefer persisted cwd when reading local threads (#37198)
## Why

The `cwd` recorded in a rollout can become stale after thread metadata is
updated, causing thread reads and lists to disagree with the persisted state.

## What changed

- Overlay a non-empty state database `cwd` when reading a thread by ID.
- Apply the same overlay when reading by rollout path, but only when the
  metadata points to the requested rollout.
- Recompute the permission profile against the selected `cwd` and continue to
  fall back to rollout metadata when the persisted `cwd` is empty or belongs to
  another rollout.

## Testing

- Cover stale, empty, and mismatched persisted `cwd` metadata.
- Verify that `thread/read`, state-only `thread/list`, and `thread/resume`
  report the persisted thread `cwd` while the resumed session uses its requested
  live `cwd`.

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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.