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feat(translation): round-trip Responses freeform custom tools
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feat(translation): understand Responses-lite additional_tools input i…
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fix(translation): give rewritten custom tool calls a ctc item id prefix
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179 changes: 168 additions & 11 deletions crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/responses/buffered.rs
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Expand Up @@ -91,7 +91,29 @@ impl FormatCodec for OpenAiResponsesCodec {
request.messages = messages;
request.instructions.extend(instructions);
let mut tool_namespaces = Map::new();
request.tools = decode_responses_tools(body.get("tools"), &mut tool_namespaces);
let mut custom_tools = Map::new();
request.tools =
decode_responses_tools(body.get("tools"), &mut tool_namespaces, &mut custom_tools);
// Responses-lite clients (Codex with a GPT-5 model) carry the tool definitions inside
// `input` as an `additional_tools` developer item instead of top-level `tools`. Those
// definitions are the request's tools; the item itself is kept verbatim so the request
// can be re-emitted in the shape the client used.
let mut additional_tools = Vec::new();
if let Some(items) = body.get("input").and_then(Value::as_array) {
for item in items {
if let Some(item) = item.as_object()
&& item.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some("additional_tools")
&& let Some(tools) = item.get("tools").and_then(Value::as_array)
{
request.tools.extend(decode_responses_tools(
Some(&Value::Array(tools.clone())),
&mut tool_namespaces,
&mut custom_tools,
));
additional_tools.extend(tools.iter().cloned());
}
}
}
request.tool_choice = body
.get("tool_choice")
.and_then(decode_responses_tool_choice);
Expand All @@ -112,6 +134,11 @@ impl FormatCodec for OpenAiResponsesCodec {
],
);
crate::codex_namespaces::attach_tool_namespaces(&mut request.extensions, tool_namespaces);
crate::codex_custom_tools::attach_custom_tools(&mut request.extensions, custom_tools);
crate::codex_custom_tools::attach_additional_tools(
&mut request.extensions,
additional_tools,
);
Ok(DecodedRequest {
request,
diagnostics,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -157,14 +184,29 @@ impl FormatCodec for OpenAiResponsesCodec {
&mut diagnostics,
_policy,
crate::codex_namespaces::tool_namespaces(&request.extensions),
&crate::codex_custom_tools::custom_tool_names(&request.extensions),
)?,
);
if !request.tools.is_empty() {
if let Some(additional) = crate::codex_custom_tools::additional_tools(&request.extensions) {
// A Responses-lite request carried its tools inside `input`; give them back the same
// way, verbatim, and leave top-level `tools` absent as the client did.
if let Some(Value::Array(input)) = body.get_mut("input") {
input.insert(
0,
json!({
"type": "additional_tools",
"role": "developer",
"tools": additional,
}),
);
}
} else if !request.tools.is_empty() {
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve additional_tools when input encodes as a string.

encode_responses_input returns Value::String when the request reduces to a single user text block (Line 1122-1129). In that case body.get_mut("input") does not match Some(Value::Array(input)), so the additional_tools item is not inserted. The else if !request.tools.is_empty() branch is also skipped, so the encoded request carries no tool definitions at all. A Responses-lite request with one user message and no history therefore loses every tool.

Normalize input to an array before inserting the item.

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         if let Some(additional) = crate::codex_custom_tools::additional_tools(&request.extensions) {
             // A Responses-lite request carried its tools inside `input`; give them back the same
             // way, verbatim, and leave top-level `tools` absent as the client did.
+            // A single user text turn encodes `input` as a string; the item needs an array.
+            if let Some(text @ Value::String(_)) = body.get("input").cloned() {
+                body.insert(
+                    "input".to_string(),
+                    json!([{"type": "message", "role": "user", "content": text}]),
+                );
+            }
             if let Some(Value::Array(input)) = body.get_mut("input") {
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if let Some(additional) = crate::codex_custom_tools::additional_tools(&request.extensions) {
// A Responses-lite request carried its tools inside `input`; give them back the same
// way, verbatim, and leave top-level `tools` absent as the client did.
if let Some(Value::Array(input)) = body.get_mut("input") {
input.insert(
0,
json!({
"type": "additional_tools",
"role": "developer",
"tools": additional,
}),
);
}
} else if !request.tools.is_empty() {
if let Some(additional) = crate::codex_custom_tools::additional_tools(&request.extensions) {
// A Responses-lite request carried its tools inside `input`; give them back the same
// way, verbatim, and leave top-level `tools` absent as the client did.
// A single user text turn encodes `input` as a string; the item needs an array.
if let Some(text @ Value::String(_)) = body.get("input").cloned() {
body.insert(
"input".to_string(),
json!([{"type": "message", "role": "user", "content": text}]),
);
}
if let Some(Value::Array(input)) = body.get_mut("input") {
input.insert(
0,
json!({
"type": "additional_tools",
"role": "developer",
"tools": additional,
}),
);
}
} else if !request.tools.is_empty() {
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In `@crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/responses/buffered.rs` around lines
190 - 203, Update the additional_tools handling in the response encoding flow to
normalize body.input into an array when it is encoded as a scalar string, then
insert the additional_tools item at the beginning. Preserve existing array input
behavior and ensure single-user-message Responses-lite requests retain their
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body.insert(
"tools".to_string(),
encode_responses_tools(
&request.tools,
crate::codex_namespaces::tool_namespaces(&request.extensions),
crate::codex_custom_tools::custom_tools(&request.extensions),
),
);
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -475,7 +517,7 @@ fn decode_responses_input(
arguments: item.get("arguments").cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| json!({})),
});
}
Some("function_call_output") => {
Some("function_call_output") | Some("custom_tool_call_output") => {
let tool_call_id = item
.get("call_id")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
Expand All @@ -488,13 +530,55 @@ fn decode_responses_input(
is_error: None,
});
}
Some("custom_tool_call") => {
// A freeform call carries a raw `input` string; it rides through the IR
// as the single `input` argument of a function-style call.
if !pending_tool_outputs.is_empty() {
flush_responses_tool_block(
&mut messages,
&mut pending_tool_calls,
&mut pending_tool_outputs,
&mut deferred_messages,
&mut pending_reasoning,
);
}
let id = item
.get("call_id")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.filter(|id| !id.is_empty())
.map(ToOwned::to_owned)
.unwrap_or_else(|| match &policy.deterministic_ids {
DeterministicIdPolicy::GenerateStable { prefix } => {
stable_id(prefix, index + 1)
}
DeterministicIdPolicy::Preserve => String::new(),
});
let name = item
.get("name")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.unwrap_or_default()
.to_string();
let input = item
.get("input")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.unwrap_or_default()
.to_string();
pending_tool_calls.push(ToolCall {
id,
name,
arguments: json!({crate::codex_custom_tools::INPUT_ARGUMENT: input}),
});
}
None => {
return Err(TranslationError::InvalidValue {
path: format!("$.input[{index}].type"),
message: "missing type discriminator on a non-message input item"
.to_string(),
});
}
// Tool definitions, not conversation; decoded separately by the request
// decoder and re-emitted in place by the request encoder.
Some("additional_tools") => {}
_ => {
let message = Message {
role: Role::User,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -776,6 +860,7 @@ fn request_role_from_responses(role: Option<&str>, path: &str) -> Result<Role> {
fn decode_responses_tools(
value: Option<&Value>,
namespaces: &mut Map<String, Value>,
custom_tools: &mut Map<String, Value>,
) -> Vec<ToolDefinition> {
let Some(tools) = value.and_then(Value::as_array) else {
return Vec::new();
Expand All @@ -792,7 +877,7 @@ fn decode_responses_tools(
.get("name")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.filter(|name| !name.is_empty());
for mut child in decode_responses_tools(tool.get("tools"), namespaces) {
for mut child in decode_responses_tools(tool.get("tools"), namespaces, custom_tools) {
// A nested container already qualified its own children, and the
// innermost name is the one that identifies the tool.
let already_qualified = namespaces.contains_key(&child.name);
Expand All @@ -808,6 +893,26 @@ fn decode_responses_tools(
}
out.push(child);
}
} else if tool.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some("custom") {
// A freeform tool takes a raw string, not JSON arguments. The IR sees it as a
// function with a single `input` argument; the verbatim definition is kept so a
// Responses upstream still receives the freeform tool.
if let Some(name) = tool
.get("name")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.filter(|name| !name.is_empty())
{
custom_tools.insert(name.to_string(), Value::Object(tool.clone()));
out.push(ToolDefinition {
name: name.to_string(),
description: tool
.get("description")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.map(ToOwned::to_owned),
parameters: crate::codex_custom_tools::input_schema(),
strict: None,
});
}
} else if tool.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some("function") {
if let Some(function) = tool.get("function").and_then(Value::as_object) {
if let Some(name) = function.get("name").and_then(Value::as_str)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -998,7 +1103,9 @@ fn encode_responses_input(
diagnostics: &mut Vec<TranslationDiagnostic>,
policy: &TranslationPolicy,
namespaces: Option<&Map<String, Value>>,
custom_tools: &std::collections::HashSet<String>,
) -> Result<Value> {
let mut custom_call_ids: std::collections::HashSet<String> = std::collections::HashSet::new();
if messages.len() == 1
&& matches!(messages[0].role, Role::User)
&& messages[0].content.len() == 1
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1033,18 +1140,26 @@ fn encode_responses_input(
ContentBlock::ToolCall(_) | ContentBlock::ToolResult(_)
)
}) {
encoded.extend(
content
.iter()
.filter_map(|block| encode_responses_special_input(block, namespaces)),
);
encoded.extend(content.iter().filter_map(|block| {
encode_responses_special_input(
block,
namespaces,
custom_tools,
&mut custom_call_ids,
)
}));
continue;
}
let mut visible_content = Vec::new();
let mut emitted_special = false;
let mut omitted_reasoning = false;
for block in &content {
if let Some(item) = encode_responses_special_input(block, namespaces) {
if let Some(item) = encode_responses_special_input(
block,
namespaces,
custom_tools,
&mut custom_call_ids,
) {
encoded.push(item);
emitted_special = true;
} else if !matches!(block, ContentBlock::Reasoning { .. }) {
Expand All @@ -1069,13 +1184,25 @@ fn encode_responses_input(
fn encode_responses_special_input(
block: &ContentBlock,
namespaces: Option<&Map<String, Value>>,
custom_tools: &std::collections::HashSet<String>,
custom_call_ids: &mut std::collections::HashSet<String>,
) -> Option<Value> {
match block {
ContentBlock::Reasoning {
text,
signature: None,
details,
} => encode_responses_reasoning_input(text, details),
ContentBlock::ToolCall(call) if custom_tools.contains(&call.name) => {
// A freeform tool call replays as `custom_tool_call` with its raw input.
custom_call_ids.insert(call.id.clone());
Some(json!({
"type": "custom_tool_call",
"call_id": call.id,
"name": call.name,
"input": crate::codex_custom_tools::input_from_arguments(&call.arguments),
}))
}
ContentBlock::ToolCall(call) => {
// A Responses client dispatches on name plus namespace, so undo the
// qualification this request applied for a flat upstream.
Expand All @@ -1098,7 +1225,11 @@ fn encode_responses_special_input(
Some(item)
}
ContentBlock::ToolResult(result) => Some(json!({
"type": "function_call_output",
"type": if custom_call_ids.contains(&result.tool_call_id) {
"custom_tool_call_output"
} else {
"function_call_output"
},
"call_id": result.tool_call_id,
"output": text_from_blocks(&result.content, " "),
})),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1225,10 +1356,16 @@ fn encode_responses_content(
fn encode_responses_tools(
tools: &[ToolDefinition],
namespaces: Option<&Map<String, Value>>,
custom_tools: Option<&Map<String, Value>>,
) -> Value {
let mut out: Vec<Value> = Vec::new();
let mut containers: Vec<(String, Vec<Value>)> = Vec::new();
for tool in tools {
// A freeform tool goes back out exactly as the client defined it.
if let Some(custom) = custom_tools.and_then(|custom| custom.get(&tool.name)) {
out.push(custom.clone());
continue;
}
let mut item = json!({
"type": "function",
"name": tool.name,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1326,6 +1463,26 @@ fn decode_responses_output_item(
})],
stop_reason: Some(StopReason::ToolUse),
})),
Some("custom_tool_call") => Ok(Some(ResponseOutput {
role: Role::Assistant,
content: vec![ContentBlock::ToolCall(ToolCall {
id: item
.get("call_id")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.unwrap_or_default()
.to_string(),
name: item
.get("name")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.unwrap_or_default()
.to_string(),
arguments: json!({
crate::codex_custom_tools::INPUT_ARGUMENT:
item.get("input").and_then(Value::as_str).unwrap_or_default()
}),
})],
stop_reason: Some(StopReason::ToolUse),
})),
Some("reasoning") => Ok(Some(ResponseOutput {
role: Role::Assistant,
content: decode_responses_reasoning_item(item),
Expand Down
32 changes: 24 additions & 8 deletions crates/switchyard-translation/src/codecs/responses/stream.rs
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Expand Up @@ -604,14 +604,20 @@ fn decode_responses_output_item_added(
if item.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some("reasoning") {
return decode_responses_reasoning_item(item, index, state);
}
if item.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str) != Some("function_call") {
let item_type = item.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str);
if item_type != Some("function_call") && item_type != Some("custom_tool_call") {
return Vec::new();
}
let arguments_delta = item
.get("arguments")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.filter(|arguments| !arguments.is_empty())
.map(ToOwned::to_owned);
// A freeform call's `input` becomes the single `input` argument; it is only complete on
// the done event, so nothing is emitted for it here beyond id and name.
let arguments_delta = if item_type == Some("custom_tool_call") {
None
} else {
item.get("arguments")
.and_then(Value::as_str)
.filter(|arguments| !arguments.is_empty())
.map(ToOwned::to_owned)
};
if let Some(arguments) = arguments_delta.as_deref() {
state
.tool_states
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -650,10 +656,20 @@ fn decode_responses_output_item_done(
if item.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str) == Some("reasoning") {
return decode_responses_reasoning_item(item, index, state);
}
if item.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str) != Some("function_call") {
let item_type = item.get("type").and_then(Value::as_str);
if item_type != Some("function_call") && item_type != Some("custom_tool_call") {
return Vec::new();
}
let arguments = item.get("arguments").and_then(Value::as_str);
let custom_arguments = (item_type == Some("custom_tool_call")).then(|| {
json!({
crate::codex_custom_tools::INPUT_ARGUMENT:
item.get("input").and_then(Value::as_str).unwrap_or_default()
})
.to_string()
});
let arguments = custom_arguments
.as_deref()
.or_else(|| item.get("arguments").and_then(Value::as_str));
if let Some(arguments) = arguments {
// Compared against what THIS decoder has seen. Reading the encoder's
// `arguments` instead only deduplicates when a single state performs
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