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fix(server): stop an oversized provider diff from exhausting the backend heap - #10965
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ApprovabilityVerdict: Not approved Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This production fix adds a 256 KiB default that truncates oversized strings across provider logs and changes the raw payload representation of Codex turn diffs. Because the default changes retained product diagnostics across existing provider paths, the scope warrants human review. You can add or adjust custom eligibility rules. Learn more. |
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The change directly addresses the heap-exhaustion root cause with low-risk, well-scoped logging/mapping updates and targeted tests (only a minor doc-comment wording nit noted).
Pull request overview
This PR mitigates backend out-of-memory crashes caused by extremely large provider event payloads (notably Codex turn/diff/updated) by preventing oversized strings from being fully materialized during provider event logging, and by removing an unnecessary duplicate diff field in the Codex canonical mapping.
Changes:
- Add string-value clamping to
EventNdjsonLoggerprior to JSON serialization (configurable viamaxStringLength, default 256 KiB code units). - Stop mirroring the Codex diff into
raw.payload.diffforturn/diff/updated, replacing it with a short marker referencingpayload.unifiedDiff. - Add targeted tests covering truncation behavior and the Codex diff elision mapping.
File summaries
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| apps/server/src/provider/Layers/EventNdjsonLogger.ts | Clamps oversized string values before serialization to avoid huge single-line NDJSON allocations. |
| apps/server/src/provider/Layers/EventNdjsonLogger.test.ts | Adds coverage ensuring oversized diffs are truncated in the persisted record. |
| apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexAdapter.ts | Removes duplicate diff storage by eliding raw.payload.diff for turn/diff/updated. |
| apps/server/src/provider/Layers/CodexAdapter.test.ts | Verifies the diff is kept only in payload.unifiedDiff and raw payload contains the omission marker. |
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| * Values that already fit are returned by reference, so an ordinary event | ||
| * allocates nothing. Anything that is not a plain object or array is left alone, | ||
| * because `toJSON` carriers such as `Date` must reach the encoder intact. A cycle | ||
| * is returned untouched at the point it closes, so serialization still fails the |
…end heap A Codex `turn/diff/updated` notification carries the whole turn diff, which reaches hundreds of MiB on a large turn. `CodexAdapter` put that same string on both `raw.payload.diff` and `payload.unifiedDiff`, and `EventNdjsonLogger` JSON-encoded the event whole before writing it, so a single notification materialized a multi-hundred-MiB log line and could stop the backend with an out-of-memory error. The logger now bounds every string value in an event before serializing it, which guards the native, canonical, and orchestration streams for every provider. `CodexAdapter` no longer mirrors the diff into `raw.payload`, because the canonical `payload.unifiedDiff` beside it already carries the same string. With a 64 MiB turn diff, the canonical record drops from 128.00 MiB to 256 KiB. Fixes pingdotgg#10924
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe Codex adapter now omits duplicated native diff data from mirrored payloads. The NDJSON logger now truncates oversized strings before serialization, with configurable limits, surrogate-pair protection, cycle handling, and tests for both behaviors. ChangesDiff logging safety
Priority: ⬆️ High Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Provider event logs now bound oversized strings and remove duplicated Codex diffs, reducing heap pressure. However, unusual event objects with throwing getters or proxies can cause logging writes to fail rather than be skipped, so this should be addressed before relying on the change broadly. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@apps/server/src/provider/Layers/EventNdjsonLogger.ts`:
- Around line 685-687: Update the event serialization flow around clampStrings
and serializeEvent so traversal errors from clampStrings, including throwing
getters or proxy traps, are caught by the existing serialization failure
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unserializable-record behavior as serializeEvent failures.
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| clampStrings(event, resolved.maxStringLength, new Set()), | ||
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Keep traversal failures inside the serialization failure path.
clampStrings runs before serializeEvent. An enumerable getter that throws during Object.entries, or a Proxy that throws from Reflect.getPrototypeOf, makes write fail before the existing serialization handler can skip the record. Catch traversal failures and handle them as unserializable log records.
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In `@apps/server/src/provider/Layers/EventNdjsonLogger.ts` around lines 685 - 687,
Update the event serialization flow around clampStrings and serializeEvent so
traversal errors from clampStrings, including throwing getters or proxy traps,
are caught by the existing serialization failure handler. Ensure write skips the
affected record using the same unserializable-record behavior as serializeEvent
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Fixes #10924.
Problem
A Codex
turn/diff/updatednotification carries the whole turn diff, which reaches hundreds of MiB on a large turn. Two things then multiply it:CodexAdapterattaches the native payload asrawand maps the same string ontopayload.unifiedDiff, so the canonical event holds the diff twice (CodexAdapter.ts~985, ~1646).ProviderService.publishRuntimeEventwrites that event to the canonical provider log before publishing it, andEventNdjsonLogger.writeJSON-encodes the whole event and holds the resulting line in memory.turn.diff.updatedis not transient, and there is no per-record size cap — rotation (10 MiB) and the flush watermark (1 MiB) both run after serialization.One notification therefore materializes a multi-hundred-MiB line, which is enough to stop the backend with an out-of-memory error.
Change
EventNdjsonLoggerbounds every string value in an event beforeserializeEvent. A string longer thanmaxStringLength(default 262,144 characters, configurable) is replaced by its head plus[truncated by t3, <n> characters total], so the record keeps its shape, its type/method, and the original size. The budget is in UTF-16 code units rather than bytes becauseString.lengthis O(1), while measuring real bytes would scan every string on the write path.Events that already fit are returned by reference, so the ordinary path allocates nothing. Anything that is not a plain object or array is left alone, so
toJSONcarriers such asDatestill reach the encoder intact, and a cycle is returned untouched at the point it closes so serialization fails the way it did before. This guards the native, canonical, and orchestration streams for every provider, not only Codex.CodexAdapterno longer mirrors the diff intoraw.payloadforturn/diff/updated. It leaves a short marker pointing atpayload.unifiedDiff, which carries the same string.Effect
Serializing a canonical
turn.diff.updatedbuilt from a 64 MiB native diff:Tests
EventNdjsonLogger.test.ts— a 200,000-character diff on both fields produces a record under 1 KB carrying the truncation marker, while short values in the same event are still written verbatim.CodexAdapter.test.ts— a mappedturn/diff/updatedkeeps the full diff onpayload.unifiedDiffand the marker onraw.payload.diff.vp test runoverEventNdjsonLogger,CodexAdapter,ProviderService, andProviderRuntimeIngestionpasses (217 tests).vp fmt --check,vp lint, andtsc --noEmitforapps/serverare clean.No UI surface changes, so no screenshots.