Fix is_api_message to correctly exclude reasoning messages (#6156)
## Problem
The `is_api_message` function in `conversation_history.rs` had a
misalignment between its documentation and implementation:
- **Comment stated**: "Anything that is not a system message or
'reasoning' message is considered an API message"
- **Code behavior**: Was returning `true` for `ResponseItem::Reasoning`,
meaning reasoning messages were incorrectly treated as API messages
This inconsistency could lead to reasoning messages being persisted in
conversation history when they should be filtered out.
## Root Cause
Investigation revealed that reasoning messages are explicitly excluded
throughout the codebase:
1. **Chat completions API** (lines 267-272 in `chat_completions.rs`)
omits reasoning from conversation history:
```rust
ResponseItem::Reasoning { .. } | ResponseItem::Other => {
// Omit these items from the conversation history.
continue;
}
```
2. **Existing tests** like `drops_reasoning_when_last_role_is_user` and
`ignores_reasoning_before_last_user` validate that reasoning should be
excluded from API payloads
## Solution
Fixed the `is_api_message` function to align with its documentation and
the rest of the codebase:
```rust
// Before: Reasoning was incorrectly returning true
ResponseItem::Reasoning { .. } | ResponseItem::WebSearchCall { .. } => true,
// After: Reasoning correctly returns false
ResponseItem::WebSearchCall { .. } => true,
ResponseItem::Reasoning { .. } | ResponseItem::Other => false,
```
## Testing
- Enhanced existing test to verify reasoning messages are properly
filtered out
- All 264 core tests pass, including 8 chat completions tests that
validate reasoning behavior
- No regressions introduced
This ensures reasoning messages are consistently excluded from API
message processing across the entire codebase.
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/// Anything that is not a system message or "reasoning" message is considered
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/// an API message.
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/// API messages include every non-system item (user/assistant messages, reasoning,
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/// tool calls, tool outputs, shell calls, and web-search calls).
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fn is_api_message(message: &ResponseItem) -> bool {
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match message {
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ResponseItem::Message { role, .. } => role.as_str() != "system",
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@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ mod tests {
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use codex_protocol::models::LocalShellAction;
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use codex_protocol::models::LocalShellExecAction;
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use codex_protocol::models::LocalShellStatus;
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use codex_protocol::models::ReasoningItemContent;
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use codex_protocol::models::ReasoningItemReasoningSummary;
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use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
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fn assistant_msg(text: &str) -> ResponseItem {
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@@ -570,10 +572,23 @@ mod tests {
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}
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}
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fn reasoning_msg(text: &str) -> ResponseItem {
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ResponseItem::Reasoning {
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id: String::new(),
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summary: vec![ReasoningItemReasoningSummary::SummaryText {
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text: "summary".to_string(),
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}],
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content: Some(vec![ReasoningItemContent::ReasoningText {
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text: text.to_string(),
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}]),
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encrypted_content: None,
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}
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}
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#[test]
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fn filters_non_api_messages() {
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let mut h = ConversationHistory::default();
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// System message is not an API message; Other is ignored.
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// System message is not API messages; Other is ignored.
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let system = ResponseItem::Message {
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id: None,
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role: "system".to_string(),
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@@ -581,7 +596,8 @@ mod tests {
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text: "ignored".to_string(),
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}],
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};
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h.record_items([&system, &ResponseItem::Other]);
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let reasoning = reasoning_msg("thinking...");
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h.record_items([&system, &reasoning, &ResponseItem::Other]);
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// User and assistant should be retained.
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let u = user_msg("hi");
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@@ -592,6 +608,16 @@ mod tests {
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assert_eq!(
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items,
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vec![
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ResponseItem::Reasoning {
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id: String::new(),
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summary: vec![ReasoningItemReasoningSummary::SummaryText {
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text: "summary".to_string(),
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}],
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content: Some(vec![ReasoningItemContent::ReasoningText {
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text: "thinking...".to_string(),
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}]),
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encrypted_content: None,
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},
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ResponseItem::Message {
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id: None,
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role: "user".to_string(),
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