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.
This commit is contained in:
Robby He
2025-11-04 12:55:41 +08:00
committed by GitHub
parent 553db8def1
commit dc2f26f7b5

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@@ -516,8 +516,8 @@ fn truncate_formatted_exec_output(content: &str, total_lines: usize) -> String {
result
}
/// Anything that is not a system message or "reasoning" message is considered
/// an API message.
/// API messages include every non-system item (user/assistant messages, reasoning,
/// tool calls, tool outputs, shell calls, and web-search calls).
fn is_api_message(message: &ResponseItem) -> bool {
match message {
ResponseItem::Message { role, .. } => role.as_str() != "system",
@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ mod tests {
use codex_protocol::models::LocalShellAction;
use codex_protocol::models::LocalShellExecAction;
use codex_protocol::models::LocalShellStatus;
use codex_protocol::models::ReasoningItemContent;
use codex_protocol::models::ReasoningItemReasoningSummary;
use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
fn assistant_msg(text: &str) -> ResponseItem {
@@ -570,10 +572,23 @@ mod tests {
}
}
fn reasoning_msg(text: &str) -> ResponseItem {
ResponseItem::Reasoning {
id: String::new(),
summary: vec![ReasoningItemReasoningSummary::SummaryText {
text: "summary".to_string(),
}],
content: Some(vec![ReasoningItemContent::ReasoningText {
text: text.to_string(),
}]),
encrypted_content: None,
}
}
#[test]
fn filters_non_api_messages() {
let mut h = ConversationHistory::default();
// System message is not an API message; Other is ignored.
// System message is not API messages; Other is ignored.
let system = ResponseItem::Message {
id: None,
role: "system".to_string(),
@@ -581,7 +596,8 @@ mod tests {
text: "ignored".to_string(),
}],
};
h.record_items([&system, &ResponseItem::Other]);
let reasoning = reasoning_msg("thinking...");
h.record_items([&system, &reasoning, &ResponseItem::Other]);
// User and assistant should be retained.
let u = user_msg("hi");
@@ -592,6 +608,16 @@ mod tests {
assert_eq!(
items,
vec![
ResponseItem::Reasoning {
id: String::new(),
summary: vec![ReasoningItemReasoningSummary::SummaryText {
text: "summary".to_string(),
}],
content: Some(vec![ReasoningItemContent::ReasoningText {
text: "thinking...".to_string(),
}]),
encrypted_content: None,
},
ResponseItem::Message {
id: None,
role: "user".to_string(),