## What changed - Add `codex-realtime-webrtc` with a length-prefixed, 256-byte JSON control protocol for `hello`, `ready`, `close`, and `closed` messages. - Add a hardened `codex-voice-host` binary that validates protocol and build compatibility, handles orderly shutdown and parent pipe loss, and exposes its build commit. - Keep this initial foundation limited to process lifecycle management; it does not open audio devices, load native plugins, negotiate WebRTC, or enable voice in the TUI. ## Testing - Exercise the helper as a subprocess, covering handshake, explicit close, parent pipe loss, malformed frames, incompatible builds, and invalid message order. GitOrigin-RevId: 6d8d7dd7ba5c4886879882d79314d235f6ab7cf4
Private voice helper foundation
codex-voice-host establishes the inherited-pipe lifecycle for the proposed
bundled voice process. It does not open devices, load native plugins, negotiate
WebRTC, or enable voice in the TUI. The existing CLI is unchanged.
Frames are a big-endian u32 length followed by at most 256 bytes of JSON. The
parent sends hello with protocol 1 and the helper's exact buildCommit before
receiving ready. It then sends close and receives closed before process exit.
Unknown fields, incompatible builds, invalid order and oversized frames fail
closed without echoing input. EOF exits even when the main worker cannot progress.
Bazel stamps the binary with STABLE_GIT_COMMIT. Cargo builders must provide the
same variable; an unstamped source build reports dev via --build-commit and is
not a distributable build identity. The client/control crate has no native audio
dependencies. Installed-package resolution, native loading, media/privacy controls
and actual audio proof belong to the subsequent integration stages.