feat: enable Streamable HTTP MCP servers & lazy loading of tools

[seratch]

This pull request adds the following features:

1. Add Streamable HTTP MCP server support
2. Lazy loading of MCP server tools without blocking the shell initialization (resolves Optional / Lazy Loading of MCP Servers #2335)

If we want only 2. (lazy loading), I can send a separate pull request for it.

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Summary
Adds Streamable HTTP MCP server support and lazily loads MCP tools to avoid blocking shell startup. Updates config schema/docs, core wiring, mcp-client transport, and TUI status rendering.

Notes

• PR body is clear; consider briefly stating the motivation (startup latency + remote MCP support) and a short before/after UX note, plus a screenshot of the /mcp view.

Review
Thoughtful design and clean integration; a few nits and polish items to consider:

• codex-rs/mcp-client/src/mcp_client.rs
  • Prefer anyhow’s formatting over pre-formatting: replace anyhow!(format!(...)) with anyhow!(\"... {} ...\", x, y).
  • In send_request_http, content-type checks look good; consider handling charset (e.g., starts_with(\"application/json\") is fine) and returning the raw status on non-JSON/SSE responses for better diagnostics.
  • Minor fmt nit: format!(\"{} {}\", command, args.join(\" \")) can be format!(\"{command} {}\", args.join(\" \")).
• codex-rs/core/src/mcp_connection_manager.rs
  • Nice lazy init with OnceCell; good timeouts. Consider bubbling per-server initialize errors into the errors map (similar to spawn failures) when refresh_tools() is called, so a /mcp refresh can surface them explicitly.
  • qualify_tools: truncation + SHA1 suffix is solid. Since we allow only ASCII in names, slicing is safe; add a short comment noting the ASCII precondition (already implied by validation).
• codex-rs/core/src/codex.rs
  • Great that tool loading is kicked off post SessionConfigured. Consider emitting a brief “loading MCP tools…” event when any MCP servers are configured, so UIs can indicate initial loading state deterministically.
• codex-rs/core/src/config_types.rs
  • Streamable HTTP variant looks good. Consider documenting default header expectations (e.g., auth header) next to the type, matching the docs.
• codex-rs/tui/src/history_cell.rs
  • Rendering looks good; for style consistency, prefer ratatui’s Stylize helpers over Span::styled(…, Style::default()…) where possible (see styles.md).
  • New /mcp output paths are user-facing; please update/accept snapshot tests accordingly.
• codex-rs/mcp-client/Cargo.toml
  • Keep [dependencies] alphabetized per repo conventions.

Testing and snapshots

• Please run and accept TUI snapshots if expected: cargo test -p codex-tui, cargo insta pending-snapshots -p codex-tui, then cargo insta accept -p codex-tui if all good.
• Rust fmt/lints: from codex-rs/, run just fmt and just fix -p codex-mcp-client (and codex-core if needed).

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[seratch]

@codex resolve the conflicts

[chatgpt-codex-connector]

Summary

• Pulled in the latest core updates, including the new rollout module layout and consolidated authentication handling. codex-rs/core/src/rollout/mod.rsL1-L12codex-rs/core/src/auth.rsL1-L152
• Updated the MCP tools summary to show details for both stdio and streamable HTTP servers, including commands, environment, URLs, and headers. codex-rs/tui/src/history_cell.rsL1060-L1104
• Adopted ratatui styling helpers for tool output and refreshed snapshots to reflect the new rendering. codex-rs/tui/src/history_cell.rsL820-L850codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/snapshots/codex_tui__chatwidget__tests__chatwidget_exec_and_status_layout_vt100_snapshot.snapL1-L16

Testing

• ✅ just fmt
• ✅ just fix -p codex-tui
• ✅ cargo test -p codex-tui
• ⚠️ cargo insta pending-snapshots -p codex-tui (initial attempt failed before installing cargo-insta)
• ✅ cargo insta pending-snapshots --manifest-path tui/Cargo.toml

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[seratch]

@codex Thanks, but the job has lots of unnecessary changes. I just wanted to resolve the git conflicts with the latest main branch

[chatgpt-codex-connector]

Summary

• Reconciled the /mcp TUI summary with main’s new MCP server enum so it now shows details for both stdio and Streamable HTTP configurations after merging the latest changes.codex-rs/tui/src/history_cell.rsL1050-L1110

Testing

• ✅ just fmt
• ✅ just fix -p codex-tui
• ✅ cargo test -p codex-tui

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[seratch]

I still believe this is necessary for serious MCP server users, but let me close this PR as it's not the team's priority right now. Please feel free to reuse any of the implementation.