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Cached ChatGPT descriptors can still send sessionId, workingDirectory, yieldTimeMs and maxOutputTokens after the server advertises snake_case. The existing workspaceId compatibility step lets the workspace resolve, but the process poll fails validation and optional execution settings are ignored.

Extend that authenticated HTTP-boundary normalization to the observed Codex process arguments. Canonical schemas and domain inputs remain unchanged. Equal aliases are accepted; contradictory values fail before tool execution; invalid values still reach the normal schema checks. This extends the concrete upgrade case in #375 without adding a general case-conversion layer.

The HTTP regressions fail on the unchanged base and pass with the fix, covering working directory, immediate session return, later polling, output limits, type validation and conflict rejection without command side effects. Existing cached-workspace, authentication and JSON-RPC response tests remain covered. On macOS arm64 with Node 22.22.1, typecheck, lint, build and the packed-package installation smoke test pass. The full test suite passes 574 tests with 4 conditional skips and no failures. Cross-platform CI has not yet run for this branch.

Fixes #453.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Cached settings for commands and session polling are now applied consistently, including working directories, yield times, and output limits.
  • Conflicting cached and standard argument values, as well as invalid argument types such as string session IDs or yield times, are rejected before a command runs.
  • Matching values supplied in both cached and standard formats are accepted.

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Walkthrough

The HTTP MCP handler now normalizes known cached camelCase arguments for workspace and process tools. It rejects conflicting aliases before mutation. Regression tests cover command execution, polling, output limits, invalid values, and matching aliases.

Changes: Process Argument Compatibility

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Normalize and validate cached arguments src/server.ts, src/server.test.ts	The handler normalizes known aliases for workspaceId, exec_command, and write_stdin. Conflicting values produce an HTTP 400 JSON-RPC error. Tests cover execution, polling, output limits, invalid values, and matching aliases.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

• Waishnav/devspace#375: Adds HTTP normalization for cached workspaceId, which this change extends to process-tool arguments.

Suggested reviewers: junkaiwang-theophy

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to cbac0

No actionable merge-blocking issue remains. The compatibility tests verify argument forwarding, and explicit process synchronization removes the previously identified polling flakiness.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title "fix: normalize cached process tool arguments" matches the main change. The server.ts change replaces the workspace-only alias normalizer with normalizeCachedToolArguments, which maps cached…
Linked Issues check		[#453] The head version of src/server.ts defines normalizeCachedToolArguments. It maps workspaceId to workspace_id for all tools. For exec_command it maps workingDirectory to working_directory, yieldT…
Out of Scope Changes check		[#453] The reviewed changes are limited to src/server.ts (the renamed normalizer and its generalized conflict message) and src/server.test.ts (HTTP regressions and an isJsonNumber import). The renamed…

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The title "fix: normalize cached process tool arguments" matches the main change. The server.ts change replaces the workspace-only alias normalizer with normalizeCachedToolArguments, which maps cached camelCase process arguments (sessionId, workingDirectory, yieldTimeMs, maxOutputTokens) to their snake_case canonical keys for exec_command and write_stdin. It also rejects conflicting values before mutation. The server.test.ts changes add HTTP tests for these aliases and conflicts. The title is short, specific, and uses a conventional commit prefix. It does not name the conflict check or the HTTP boundary scope, but it does not need to cover every detail.

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[#453] The head version of src/server.ts defines normalizeCachedToolArguments. It maps workspaceId to workspace_id for all tools. For exec_command it maps workingDirectory to working_directory, yieldTimeMs to yield_time_ms, and maxOutputTokens to max_output_tokens. For write_stdin it maps sessionId to session_id, yieldTimeMs to yield_time_ms, and maxOutputTokens to max_output_tokens. Each alias pair is checked for a value conflict before any mutation. A conflict returns false. Equal aliases pass through to the canonical key and the cached key is deleted. Invalid types are copied to the canonical key, so the normal schema check still rejects them. Public schemas are not changed in the reviewed evidence. The earlier assessment read the HTTP 400 and JSON-RPC -32602 handling at the call site for merge base to cdb1bb5. The incremental diff from cdb1bb5 to cbac064 could not be read, so the call site at the current head is not re-verified. The HTTP regression tests in src/server.test.ts were not read directly in this review. Their fail-on-base status is author-reported. Coverage of the four #453 fields, the conflict cases, and the invalid-type cases is supported by the source logic at head.

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[#453] The reviewed changes are limited to src/server.ts (the renamed normalizer and its generalized conflict message) and src/server.test.ts (HTTP regressions and an isJsonNumber import). The renamed helper and generalized error text are needed because the function now covers more than workspace aliases. The alias list contains only the four #453 process fields plus the existing workspaceId mapping. The normalizer logic at head contains no unrelated behavior. The file list comes from the supplied summary. The whole-PR text diff could not be read because changed blobs were missing from the checkout, so no other changed files were checked directly.

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Nitpick comments: 3

src/server.test.ts: 3

914-914: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Assert the output size for both process calls.

A 100-token budget would still truncate the output and pass both checks. The 256-character minimum includes the truncation marker; the response adds process-status text.

Suggested assertions

   assert.equal(completed.output_truncated, true);
   assert.equal(completed.exit_code, 0);
+  assert.ok(completed.result.length <= 256 + "\nProcess exited with code 0.".length);
@@
   assert.equal(result.output_truncated, true);
   assert.match(result.result, /yyyy/);
+  assert.ok(result.result.length <= 256 + "\nProcess exited with code 0.".length);

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Review comment at @src/server.test.ts at line 914:
Update the output-truncation test assertions for both process calls, identified
by the completed and result values, to verify each result length is at most the
256-character output limit plus the process-status text. Preserve the existing
truncation, exit-code, and content assertions.

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930-940: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Test polling while the command is still running.

The assertions can pass if yieldTimeMs is lost because the command can finish within either yield window. Add a poll with no buffered output where the command exits after the requested yield but before the 5,000 ms default. Assert that the poll returns while the command is still running.

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Review comment at @src/server.test.ts around lines 930 - 940:
Update the polling test around `postModernMcp` and `write_stdin` so it verifies
a poll returns while the command is still running: use a command with no
buffered output that exits after the requested yield time but before the 5,000
ms default, then assert `result.running` is true. Ensure the test would fail if
`yieldTimeMs` were ignored.

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971-977: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Test rejection of a string sessionId.

Add an HTTP test that sends an active session ID as a string and asserts validation rejection. The string yieldTimeMs test would not detect conversion specific to sessionId.

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Review comment at @src/server.test.ts around lines 971 - 977:
Add an HTTP validation test alongside the existing invalid-argument test for
`tools/call`: send an active session ID as a string and assert that the request
is rejected. Keep the existing `yieldTimeMs` test, since it does not verify
`sessionId` validation.

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Review comments at @src/server.test.ts:
- Line 914: Update the output-truncation test assertions for both process calls,
identified by the completed and result values, to verify each result length is
at most the 256-character output limit plus the process-status text. Preserve
the existing truncation, exit-code, and content assertions.
- Around line 930-940: Update the polling test around `postModernMcp` and
`write_stdin` so it verifies a poll returns while the command is still running:
use a command with no buffered output that exits after the requested yield time
but before the 5,000 ms default, then assert `result.running` is true. Ensure
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- Around line 971-977: Add an HTTP validation test alongside the existing
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Addressed the three test suggestions in cdb1bb5. Both process responses now assert the actual output-size budget. The HTTP flow polls a command while it has no output and checks that the cached yieldTimeMs returns the still-running session; it also rejects a string sessionId and then successfully polls the same session using its numeric ID.

Each strengthened assertion was checked against a temporary faulty implementation: an incorrect 100-token budget, a poll falling back to 5000 ms, and string session-ID coercion were all rejected. The compatibility helper also has focused JSDoc explaining the observed aliases and the conflict check before mutation.

Typecheck, lint, build and the packed-package installation smoke test pass on macOS arm64 with Node 22.22.1. The full suite passes 574 tests with 4 conditional skips and no failures. Upstream CI still requires maintainer approval.

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Review comments at @src/server.test.ts:
- Line 922: In the test containing the `node -e` child command, replace the
fixed 1.5-second lifetime with explicit synchronization so the child remains
alive until the poll completes, then release or terminate it using the test’s
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@coderabbitai Documentation follow-up: the production normalization helper has focused JSDoc explaining the cached boundary and conflict checks, and the HTTP regression documents why the child uses explicit synchronization. I am leaving the remaining docstring-percentage warning for maintainer discretion; adding repetitive blocks to each anonymous test callback would duplicate the descriptive test names rather than explain additional behavior.

The synchronization finding is addressed in cbac064, and the latest review of that head reports no new actionable code finding. Please reassess the earlier change request against this head. Typecheck, lint, full tests, build and package-install checks remain passing; upstream CI still awaits maintainer approval.

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@pabtztd I reassessed the earlier change request against cbac064. The test now keeps the child alive until the release file is written, and it checks the yield value separately. The synchronization finding is addressed.

GitHub currently reports the PR review decision as approved. The last saved docstring check remains a warning, so I agree that the remaining documentation is for maintainer discretion.

The CI run reports action_required. A maintainer should approve it and verify that it passes before merging. I did not rerun the tests.

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Learnings used

Learnt from: Waishnav
Repo: Waishnav/devspace PR: 303
File: src/server.test.ts:0-0
Timestamp: 2026-09-10T11:29:45.649Z
Learning: For DevSpace Codex process tools, `yield_time_ms` is capped at 12,000 milliseconds. A command that continues beyond that window returns a `session_id`; clients continue it with `write_stdin` instead of holding a longer MCP request.

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