feat: use actual tokenizer for unified_exec truncation (#5514)

codex-rs/Cargo.lock

@@ -1066,6 +1066,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "codex-rmcp-client",
  "codex-utils-pty",
  "codex-utils-string",
+ "codex-utils-tokenizer",
  "core-foundation 0.9.4",
  "core_test_support",
  "dirs",

codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ codex-rmcp-client = { workspace = true }
 codex-async-utils = { workspace = true }
 codex-utils-string = { workspace = true }
 codex-utils-pty = { workspace = true }
+codex-utils-tokenizer = { workspace = true }
 dirs = { workspace = true }
 dunce = { workspace = true }
 env-flags = { workspace = true }

codex-rs/core/src/truncate.rs

@@ -1,18 +1,35 @@
 //! Utilities for truncating large chunks of output while preserving a prefix
 //! and suffix on UTF-8 boundaries.
 
+use codex_utils_tokenizer::Tokenizer;
+
 /// Truncate the middle of a UTF-8 string to at most `max_bytes` bytes,
 /// preserving the beginning and the end. Returns the possibly truncated
-/// string and `Some(original_token_count)` (estimated at 4 bytes/token)
+/// string and `Some(original_token_count)` (counted with the local tokenizer;
+/// falls back to a 4-bytes-per-token estimate if the tokenizer cannot load)
 /// if truncation occurred; otherwise returns the original string and `None`.
 pub(crate) fn truncate_middle(s: &str, max_bytes: usize) -> (String, Option<u64>) {
     if s.len() <= max_bytes {
         return (s.to_string(), None);
     }
 
-    let est_tokens = (s.len() as u64).div_ceil(4);
+    // Build a tokenizer for counting (default to o200k_base; fall back to cl100k_base).
+    // If both fail, fall back to a 4-bytes-per-token estimate.
+    let tok = Tokenizer::try_default().ok();
+    let token_count = |text: &str| -> u64 {
+        if let Some(ref t) = tok {
+            t.count(text) as u64
+        } else {
+            (text.len() as u64).div_ceil(4)
+        }
+    };
+
+    let total_tokens = token_count(s);
     if max_bytes == 0 {
-        return (format!("…{est_tokens} tokens truncated…"), Some(est_tokens));
+        return (
+            format!("…{total_tokens} tokens truncated…"),
+            Some(total_tokens),
+        );
     }
 
     fn truncate_on_boundary(input: &str, max_len: usize) -> &str {
@@ -50,13 +67,17 @@ pub(crate) fn truncate_middle(s: &str, max_bytes: usize) -> (String, Option<u64>
         idx
     }
 
-    let mut guess_tokens = est_tokens;
+    // Iterate to stabilize marker length → keep budget → boundaries.
+    let mut guess_tokens: u64 = 1;
     for _ in 0..4 {
         let marker = format!("…{guess_tokens} tokens truncated…");
         let marker_len = marker.len();
         let keep_budget = max_bytes.saturating_sub(marker_len);
         if keep_budget == 0 {
-            return (format!("…{est_tokens} tokens truncated…"), Some(est_tokens));
+            return (
+                format!("…{total_tokens} tokens truncated…"),
+                Some(total_tokens),
+            );
         }
 
         let left_budget = keep_budget / 2;
@@ -67,59 +88,72 @@ pub(crate) fn truncate_middle(s: &str, max_bytes: usize) -> (String, Option<u64>
             suffix_start = prefix_end;
         }
 
-        let kept_content_bytes = prefix_end + (s.len() - suffix_start);
+        // Tokens actually removed (middle slice) using the real tokenizer.
-        let truncated_content_bytes = s.len().saturating_sub(kept_content_bytes);
+        let removed_tokens = token_count(&s[prefix_end..suffix_start]);
-        let new_tokens = (truncated_content_bytes as u64).div_ceil(4);
 
-        if new_tokens == guess_tokens {
+        // If the number of digits in the token count does not change the marker length,
-            let mut out = String::with_capacity(marker_len + kept_content_bytes + 1);
+        // we can finalize output.
+        let final_marker = format!("…{removed_tokens} tokens truncated…");
+        if final_marker.len() == marker_len {
+            let kept_content_bytes = prefix_end + (s.len() - suffix_start);
+            let mut out = String::with_capacity(final_marker.len() + kept_content_bytes + 1);
             out.push_str(&s[..prefix_end]);
-            out.push_str(&marker);
+            out.push_str(&final_marker);
             out.push('\n');
             out.push_str(&s[suffix_start..]);
-            return (out, Some(est_tokens));
+            return (out, Some(total_tokens));
         }
 
-        guess_tokens = new_tokens;
+        guess_tokens = removed_tokens;
     }
 
+    // Fallback build after iterations: compute with the last guess.
     let marker = format!("…{guess_tokens} tokens truncated…");
     let marker_len = marker.len();
     let keep_budget = max_bytes.saturating_sub(marker_len);
     if keep_budget == 0 {
-        return (format!("…{est_tokens} tokens truncated…"), Some(est_tokens));
+        return (
+            format!("…{total_tokens} tokens truncated…"),
+            Some(total_tokens),
+        );
     }
 
     let left_budget = keep_budget / 2;
     let right_budget = keep_budget - left_budget;
     let prefix_end = pick_prefix_end(s, left_budget);
-    let suffix_start = pick_suffix_start(s, right_budget);
+    let mut suffix_start = pick_suffix_start(s, right_budget);
+    if suffix_start < prefix_end {
+        suffix_start = prefix_end;
+    }
 
     let mut out = String::with_capacity(marker_len + prefix_end + (s.len() - suffix_start) + 1);
     out.push_str(&s[..prefix_end]);
     out.push_str(&marker);
     out.push('\n');
     out.push_str(&s[suffix_start..]);
-    (out, Some(est_tokens))
+    (out, Some(total_tokens))
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::truncate_middle;
+    use codex_utils_tokenizer::Tokenizer;
 
     #[test]
     fn truncate_middle_no_newlines_fallback() {
+        let tok = Tokenizer::try_default().expect("load tokenizer");
         let s = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ*";
         let max_bytes = 32;
         let (out, original) = truncate_middle(s, max_bytes);
         assert!(out.starts_with("abc"));
         assert!(out.contains("tokens truncated"));
         assert!(out.ends_with("XYZ*"));
-        assert_eq!(original, Some((s.len() as u64).div_ceil(4)));
+        assert_eq!(original, Some(tok.count(s) as u64));
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn truncate_middle_prefers_newline_boundaries() {
+        let tok = Tokenizer::try_default().expect("load tokenizer");
         let mut s = String::new();
         for i in 1..=20 {
             s.push_str(&format!("{i:03}\n"));
@@ -131,50 +165,36 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(out.starts_with("001\n002\n003\n004\n"));
         assert!(out.contains("tokens truncated"));
         assert!(out.ends_with("017\n018\n019\n020\n"));
-        assert_eq!(tokens, Some(20));
+        assert_eq!(tokens, Some(tok.count(&s) as u64));
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn truncate_middle_handles_utf8_content() {
+        let tok = Tokenizer::try_default().expect("load tokenizer");
         let s = "😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀\nsecond line with ascii text\n";
         let max_bytes = 32;
         let (out, tokens) = truncate_middle(s, max_bytes);
 
         assert!(out.contains("tokens truncated"));
         assert!(!out.contains('\u{fffd}'));
-        assert_eq!(tokens, Some((s.len() as u64).div_ceil(4)));
+        assert_eq!(tokens, Some(tok.count(s) as u64));
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn truncate_middle_prefers_newline_boundaries_2() {
+        let tok = Tokenizer::try_default().expect("load tokenizer");
         // Build a multi-line string of 20 numbered lines (each "NNN\n").
         let mut s = String::new();
         for i in 1..=20 {
             s.push_str(&format!("{i:03}\n"));
         }
-        // Total length: 20 lines * 4 bytes per line = 80 bytes.
         assert_eq!(s.len(), 80);
 
-        // Choose a cap that forces truncation while leaving room for
-        // a few lines on each side after accounting for the marker.
         let max_bytes = 64;
-        // Expect exact output: first 4 lines, marker, last 4 lines, and correct token estimate (80/4 = 20).
+        let (out, total) = truncate_middle(&s, max_bytes);
-        assert_eq!(
+        assert!(out.starts_with("001\n002\n003\n004\n"));
-            truncate_middle(&s, max_bytes),
+        assert!(out.contains("tokens truncated"));
-            (
+        assert!(out.ends_with("017\n018\n019\n020\n"));
-                r#"001
+        assert_eq!(total, Some(tok.count(&s) as u64));
-002
-003
-004
-…12 tokens truncated…
-017
-018
-019
-020
-"#
-                .to_string(),
-                Some(20)
-            )
-        );
     }
 }

codex-rs/utils/tokenizer/src/lib.rs

@@ -55,8 +55,13 @@ impl Tokenizer {
         Ok(Self { inner })
     }
 
+    /// Default to `O200kBase`
+    pub fn try_default() -> Result<Self, TokenizerError> {
+        Self::new(EncodingKind::O200kBase)
+    }
+
     /// Build a tokenizer using an `OpenAI` model name (maps to an encoding).
-    /// Falls back to the `o200k_base` encoding when the model is unknown.
+    /// Falls back to the `O200kBase` encoding when the model is unknown.
     pub fn for_model(model: &str) -> Result<Self, TokenizerError> {
         match tiktoken_rs::get_bpe_from_model(model) {
             Ok(inner) => Ok(Self { inner }),