# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Codex stream recovery drops usage metadata

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A bug where Codex's null-output stream recovery path discards terminal usage data, causing the context bar to show 0%. Members include bug reports, fixes, and a related refactor of stream event consumption.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 3 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #33042. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #33042 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

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## Closed / duplicate issues

- #33019: Codex null-output stream recovery drops terminal response usage
- #33022: Codex null-output recovery drops terminal usage metadata
- #33433: \[Bug\]: Context bar stuck at 0% on openai-codex after commit 43a3f119  |  _codex_backfilled_response() hardcodes usage=None

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#33042: refactor(codex): drop SDK responses.stream() helper; consume events directly**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_codex_xai_oauth_recovery.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent_codex_responses.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_streaming.py`
  - fix hunks:
  - `agent/auxiliary_client.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -107,32 +107,6 @@ def __repr__(self):
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
     
     
    -def _responses_null_output_iterable_error(exc: BaseException) -> bool:
    -    """True when the OpenAI SDK trips over terminal response.output=None."""
    -    text = str(exc)
    -    return isinstance(exc, TypeError) and "NoneType" in text and "not iterable" in text
    -
    -
    -def _responses_backfilled_response(output_items: List[Any], text_parts: List[str], *, has_function_calls: bool, model: str = None) -> Optional[Any]:
    -    """Build a minimal Responses-like object from already streamed events."""
    -    if output_items:
    -        return SimpleNamespace(output=list(output_items), usage=None, status="completed", model=model)
    -    if text_parts and not has_function_calls:
    -        assembled = "".join(text_parts)
    -        return SimpleNamespace(
    -            output=[SimpleNamespace(
    -                type="message",
    -                role="assistant",
    -                status="completed",
    -                content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text=assembled)],
    -            )],
    -            usage=None,
    -            status="completed",
    -            model=model,
    -        )
    -    return None
    -
    -
     def _safe_isinstance(obj: Any, maybe_type: Any) -> bool:
         """Return False instead of raising when a patched symbol is not a type."""
         try:
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -811,77 +785,53 @@ def _check_cancelled() -> None:
                     pass
     
             try:
    -            # Collect output items and text deltas during streaming —
    -            # the Codex backend can return empty response.output from
    -            # get_final_response() even when items were streamed.
    -            collected_output_items: List[Any] = []
    -            collected_text_deltas: List[str] = []
    -            has_function_calls = False
                 if total_timeout:
                     timeout_timer = threading.Timer(float(total_timeout), _close_client_on_timeout)
                     timeout_timer.daemon = True
                     timeout_timer.start()
                 _check_cancelled()
    -            final = None
    -            with self._client.responses.stream(**resp_kwargs) as stream:
    -                try:
    -                    for _event in stream:
    -                        _check_cancelled()
    -                        _etype = getattr(_event, "type", "")
    -                        if _etype == "response.output_item.done":
    -                            _done = getattr(_event, "item", None)
    -                            if _done is not None:
    -                                collected_output_items.append(_done)
    -                        elif "output_text.delta" in _etype:
    -                            _delta = getattr(_event, "delta", "")
    -                            if _delta:
    -                                collected_text_deltas.append(_delta)
    -                        elif "function_call" in _etype:
    -                            has_function_calls = True
    -                    _check_cancelled()
    -                    final = stream.get_final_response()
    -                except TypeError as exc:
    -                    if not _responses_null_output_iterable_error(exc):
    -                        raise
    -                    final = _responses_backfilled_response(
    -                        collected_output_items,
    -                        collected_text_deltas,
    -                        has_function_calls=has_function_calls,
    -                        model=resp_kwargs.get("model"),
    -                    )
    -                    if final is None:
    -                        raise
    -                    logger.debug(
    -                        "Codex auxiliary Responses stream parser hit response.output=None; "
    -                        "recovered from streamed events (items=%d, text_parts=%d)",
    -                        len(collected_output_items),
    -                        len(collected_text_deltas),
    -                    )
     
    -            if final is None:
    -                raise RuntimeError("Codex auxiliary Responses stream did not return a final response")
    -
    -            # Backfill empty output from collected stream events
    -            _output = getattr(final, "output", None)
    -            if _output is None or (isinstance(_output, list) and not _output):
    -                recovered = _responses_backfilled_response(
    -                    collected_output_items,
    -                    collected_text_deltas,
    -                    has_function_calls=has_function_calls,
    +            # Event-driven Responses streaming via the low-level
    +            # ``responses.create(stream=True)`` path.  The high-level
    +            # ``responses.stream(...)`` helper does post-hoc typed
    +            # reconstruction from ``response.completed.response.output``,
    +            # which the chatgpt.com Codex backend has been observed to
    +            # return as ``null`` (gpt-5.5, May 2026) — that crashes the SDK
    +            # with ``TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable``.
    +            # Consuming raw events and assembling the final response
    +            # ourselves from ``response.output_item.done`` makes us
    +            # structurally immune to that drift.
    +            from agent.codex_runtime import _consume_codex_event_stream
    +
    +            stream_kwargs = dict(resp_kwargs)
    +            stream_kwargs["stream"] = True
    +
    +            def _on_each_event(_event: Any) -> None:
    +                # Re-check timeout/cancellation per event, matching the
    +                # cadence the old in-line ``_check_cancelled()`` used.
    +                _check_cancelled()
    +
    +            event_stream = self._client.responses.create(**stream_kwargs)
    +            try:
    +                final = _consume_codex_event_stream(
    +                    event_stream,
                         model=resp_kwargs.get("model"),
    +                    on_event=_on_each_event,
                     )
    -                if recovered is not None:
    -                    final.output = recovered.output
    -                    logger.debug(
    -                        "Codex auxiliary: backfilled missing output from stream events "
    -                        "(items=%d, text_parts=%d)",
    -                        len(collected_output_items),
    -                        len(collected_text_deltas),
    -                    )
    +            finally:
    +                close_fn = getattr(event_stream, "close", None)
    +                if callable(close_fn):
    +                    try:
    +                        close_fn()
    +                    except Exception:
    +                        pass
    +
    +            if final is None:
    +                raise RuntimeError("Codex auxiliary Responses stream did not return a final response")
     
                 # Extract text and tool calls from the Responses output.
    -            # Items may be SDK objects (attrs) or dicts (raw/fallback paths),
    -            # so use a helper that handles both shapes.
    +            # Items may be SimpleNamespace (raw-event path) or dicts
    +            # (some legacy fallback paths), so handle both shapes.
                 def _item_get(obj: Any, key: str, default: Any = None) -> Any:
                     val = getattr(obj, key, None)
                     if val is None and isinstance(obj, dict):
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -908,9 +858,12 @@ def _item_get(obj: Any, key: str, default: Any = None) -> Any:
                 resp_usage = getattr(final, "usage", None)
                 if resp_usage:
                     usage = SimpleNamespace(
    -                    prompt_tokens=[redacted:secret-assignment] "input_tokens", 0),
    -                    completion_tokens=[redacted:secret-assignment] "output_tokens", 0),
    -                    total_tokens=[redacted:secret-assignment] "total_tokens", 0),
    +                    prompt_tokens=[redacted:secret-assignment] "input_tokens", 0)
    +                        or (resp_usage.get("input_tokens", 0) if isinstance(resp_usage, dict) else 0),
    +                    completion_tokens=[redacted:secret-assignment] "output_tokens", 0)
    +                        or (resp_usage.get("output_tokens", 0) if isinstance(resp_usage, dict) else 0),
    +                    total_tokens=[redacted:secret-assignment] "total_tokens", 0)
    +                        or (resp_usage.get("total_tokens", 0) if isinstance(resp_usage, dict) else 0),
                     )
             except Exception as exc:
                 if timed_out.is_set():
    ```
  - `agent/codex_runtime.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -174,332 +174,363 @@ def run_codex_app_server_turn(
         }
     
     
    +# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    +# Event-driven Responses streaming
    +#
    +# OpenAI ships its consumer Codex backend (chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex) on
    +# a different schedule from the openai Python SDK.  The high-level
    +# ``client.responses.stream(...)`` helper reconstructs a typed Response from
    +# the terminal ``response.completed`` event's ``response.output`` field, and
    +# when that field drifts to ``null`` (gpt-5.5, May 2026) the SDK raises
    +# ``TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable`` mid-iteration.
    +#
    +# We sidestep the whole class of failure by going one level lower:
    +# ``client.responses.create(stream=True)`` returns the raw AsyncIterable of
    +# SSE events, and we assemble the final response object purely from
    +# ``response.output_item.done`` events as they arrive.  We never read
    +# ``response.completed.response.output`` for content reconstruction, so the
    +# backend can return ``null``, ``[]``, a string, or omit the field entirely
    +# and we don't care.
    +#
    +# This mirrors what the OpenClaw TS implementation does for the same backend
    +# and is structurally immune to the bug class rather than patched.
    +# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    +
    +
    +_TERMINAL_EVENT_TYPES = frozenset({
    +    "response.completed",
    +    "response.incomplete",
    +    "response.failed",
    +})
    +
    +
    +def _event_field(event: Any, name: str, default: Any = None) -> Any:
    +    """Field access that handles both attr-style (SDK objects) and dict (raw JSON) events."""
    +    value = getattr(event, name, None)
    +    if value is None and isinstance(event, dict):
    +        value = event.get(name, default)
    +    return value if value is not None else default
    +
    +
    +def _raise_stream_error(event: Any) -> None:
    +    """Raise a ``_StreamErrorEvent`` from a ``type=error`` SSE frame.
    +
    +    Imported lazily so this module stays importable from places that don't
    +    pull in ``run_agent`` (e.g. plugin code, doc tools).
    +    """
    +    from run_agent import _StreamErrorEvent
    +    message = (_event_field(event, "message", "") or "stream emitted error event").strip()
    +    raise _StreamErrorEvent(
    +        message,
    +        code=_event_field(event, "code"),
    +        param=_event_field(event, "param"),
    +    )
     
     
    -def _responses_null_output_iterable_error(exc: BaseException) -> bool:
    -    """True when the OpenAI SDK trips over terminal response.output=None."""
    -    text = str(exc)
    -    return isinstance(exc, TypeError) and "NoneType" in text and "not iterable" in text
    -
    -
    -def _codex_backfilled_response(output_items: list, text_parts: list, *, has_tool_calls: bool, model: str = None):
    -    """Build a minimal Responses-like object from events already streamed."""
    -    if output_items:
    -        return SimpleNamespace(
    -            output=list(output_items),
    -            usage=None,
    -            status="completed",
    -            model=model,
    -        )
    -    if text_parts and not has_tool_calls:
    -        assembled = "".join(text_parts)
    -        return SimpleNamespace(
    -            output=[SimpleNamespace(
    -                type="message",
    -                role="assistant",
    -                status="completed",
    -                content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text=assembled)],
    -            )],
    -            usage=None,
    +def _consume_codex_event_stream(
    +    event_iter: Any,
    +    *,
    +    model: str,
    +    on_text_delta=None,
    +    on_reasoning_delta=None,
    +    on_first_delta=None,
    +    on_event=None,
    +    interrupt_check=None,
    +) -> SimpleNamespace:
    +    """Consume a Codex Responses SSE event stream and return a final response.
    +
    +    The returned object is a ``SimpleNamespace`` shaped like the SDK's typed
    +    ``Response`` for the fields downstream code actually reads:
    +
    +    * ``output``: list of output items, assembled from ``response.output_item.done``.
    +      For tool-call turns this contains the function_call items; for plain-text
    +      turns it contains a synthesized ``message`` item built from streamed deltas
    +      if no message item was emitted directly.
    +    * ``output_text``: assembled text from ``response.output_text.delta`` deltas.
    +    * ``usage``: copied from the terminal event's ``response.usage`` (when present).
    +    * ``status``: ``completed`` / ``incomplete`` / ``failed`` (or ``completed`` if
    +      the stream ended without a terminal frame but produced content).
    +    * ``id``: ``response.id`` when present.
    +    * ``incomplete_details``: passed through for ``response.incomplete`` frames.
    +    * ``error``: passed through for ``response.failed`` frames.
    +    * ``model``: from kwargs (the wire model name is not authoritative).
    +
    +    Critically, we never read ``response.output`` from the terminal event for
    +    content reconstruction — only ``usage``, ``status``, ``id``.  That field
    +    being ``null`` / ``[]`` / missing is fine.
    +
    +    Callbacks:
    +
    +    * ``on_text_delta(str)`` — fires per ``response.output_text.delta``, suppressed
    +      once a function_call event is seen (so tool-call turns don't bleed text
    +      into the chat).
    +    * ``on_reasoning_delta(str)`` — fires per ``response.reasoning.*.delta``.
    +    * ``on_first_delta()`` — one-shot, fires on the first text delta only.
    +    * ``on_event(event)`` — fires for every event before any other processing.
    +      Used for watchdog activity, debug logging, anything wire-shape-agnostic.
    +    * ``interrupt_check()`` — returns True to break the loop early.
    +    """
    +    collected_output_items: List[Any] = []
    +    collected_text_deltas: List[str] = []
    +    has_tool_calls = False
    +    first_delta_fired = False
    +    terminal_status: str = "completed"
    +    terminal_usage: Any = None
    +    terminal_response_id: str = None
    +    terminal_incomplete_details: Any = None
    +    terminal_error: Any = None
    +    saw_terminal = False
    +
    +    for event in event_iter:
    +        if on_event is not None:
    +            try:
    +                on_event(event)
    +            except (TimeoutError, InterruptedError):
    +                # Control-flow signals from watchdog/cancellation hooks must
    +                # propagate, not get swallowed as "debug noise".
    +                raise
    +            except Exception:
    +                # Genuine bugs in third-party debug/log hooks shouldn't break
    +                # stream consumption.
    +                logger.debug("Codex stream on_event hook raised", exc_info=True)
    +        if interrupt_check is not None and interrupt_check():
    +            break
    +
    +        event_type = _event_field(event, "type", "")
    +        if not isinstance(event_type, str):
    +            event_type = ""
    +
    +        # ``error`` SSE frames carry the provider's real failure reason
    +        # (subscription / quota / model-not-available / rejected-reasoning-replay)
    +        # but never appear in the terminal set.  Surface them as a structured
    +        # exception so the credential pool + error classifier see the body.
    +        if event_type == "error":
    +            _raise_stream_error(event)
    +
    +        if "output_text.delta" in event_type or event_type == "response.output_text.delta":
    +            delta_text = _event_field(event, "delta", "")
    +            if delta_text:
    +                collected_text_deltas.append(delta_text)
    +                if not has_tool_calls:
    +                    if not first_delta_fired:
    +                        first_delta_fired = True
    +                        if on_first_delta is not None:
    +                            try:
    +                                on_first_delta()
    +                            except Exception:
    +                                logger.debug("Codex stream on_first_delta raised", exc_info=True)
    +                    if on_text_delta is not None:
    +                        try:
    +                            on_text_delta(delta_text)
    +                        except Exception:
    +                            logger.debug("Codex stream on_text_delta raised", exc_info=True)
    +            continue
    +
    +        if "function_call" in event_type:
    +            has_tool_calls = True
    +            # fall through — function_call items still get added on output_item.done
    +
    +        if "reasoning" in event_type and "delta" in event_type:
    +            reasoning_text = _event_field(event, "delta", "")
    +            if reasoning_text and on_reasoning_delta is not None:
    +                try:
    +                    on_reasoning_delta(reasoning_text)
    +                except Exception:
    +                    logger.debug("Codex stream on_reasoning_delta raised", exc_info=True)
    +            continue
    +
    +        if event_type == "response.output_item.done":
    +            done_item = _event_field(event, "item")
    +            if done_item is not None:
    +                collected_output_items.append(done_item)
    +            continue
    +
    +        if event_type in _TERMINAL_EVENT_TYPES:
    +            saw_terminal = True
    +            resp_obj = _event_field(event, "response")
    +            if resp_obj is not None:
    +                terminal_usage = getattr(resp_obj, "usage", None)
    +                if terminal_usage is None and isinstance(resp_obj, dict):
    +                    terminal_usage = resp_obj.get("usage")
    +                rid = getattr(resp_obj, "id", None)
    +                if rid is None and isinstance(resp_obj, dict):
    +                    rid = resp_obj.get("id")
    +                terminal_response_id = rid
    +                rstatus = getattr(resp_obj, "status", None)
    +                if rstatus is None and isinstance(resp_obj, dict):
    +                    rstatus = resp_obj.get("status")
    +                if isinstance(rstatus, str):
    +                    terminal_status = rstatus
    +                if event_type == "response.incomplete":
    +                    terminal_incomplete_details = getattr(resp_obj, "incomplete_details", None)
    +                    if terminal_incomplete_details is None and isinstance(resp_obj, dict):
    +                        terminal_incomplete_details = resp_obj.get("incomplete_details")
    +                if event_type == "response.failed":
    +                    terminal_error = getattr(resp_obj, "error", None)
    +                    if terminal_error is None and isinstance(resp_obj, dict):
    +                        terminal_error = resp_obj.get("error")
    +            if event_type == "response.completed":
    +                terminal_status = terminal_status or "completed"
    +            elif event_type == "response.incomplete":
    +                terminal_status = terminal_status or "incomplete"
    +            elif event_type == "response.failed":
    +                terminal_status = terminal_status or "failed"
    +            # Stop on terminal event.
    +            break
    +
    +    # Build the final output list.  Prefer items observed via output_item.done;
    +    # if none arrived but we streamed plain text deltas (no tool calls), synthesize
    +    # a single message item so downstream normalization has something to work with.
    +    if collected_output_items:
    +        output = list(collected_output_items)
    +    elif collected_text_deltas and not has_tool_calls:
    +        assembled = "".join(collected_text_deltas)
    +        output = [SimpleNamespace(
    +            type="message",
    +            role="assistant",
                 status="completed",
    -            model=model,
    +            content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text=assembled)],
    +        )]
    +    else:
    +        output = []
    +
    +    # If the stream ended without any terminal event AND produced no usable
    +    # content (no items, no text deltas), surface that as a RuntimeError so
    +    # callers can distinguish "stream truncated mid-flight / provider rejected
    +    # the call" from "stream completed with empty body".  This preserves the
    +    # signal the SDK's high-level helper used to raise as
    +    # ``RuntimeError("Didn't receive a `response.completed` event.")``.
    +    if not saw_terminal and not output:
    +        raise RuntimeError(
    +            "Codex Responses stream did not emit a terminal response"
             )
    -    return None
    +
    +    assembled_text = "".join(collected_text_deltas)
    +
    +    final = SimpleNamespace(
    +        output=output,
    +        output_text=assembled_text,
    +        usage=terminal_usage,
    +        status=terminal_status,
    +        id=terminal_response_id,
    +        model=model,
    +        incomplete_details=terminal_incomplete_details,
    +        error=terminal_error,
    +    )
    +    return final
     
     
    -def run_codex_stream(agent, api_kwargs: dict, client: Any = None, on_first_delta: callable = None):
    -    """Execute one streaming Responses API request and return the final response."""
    +def run_codex_stream(agent, api_kwargs: dict, client: Any = None, on_first_delta=None):
    +    """Execute one streaming Responses API request and return the final response.
    +
    +    Uses ``responses.create(stream=True)`` (low-level raw event iteration)
    +    rather than the high-level ``responses.stream(...)`` helper.  This makes
    +    us structurally immune to backend drift in the ``response.completed``
    +    payload shape — we never let the SDK reconstruct a typed object from
    +    the terminal event's ``output`` field.
    +    """
         import httpx as _httpx
     
         active_client = client or agent._ensure_primary_openai_client(reason="codex_stream_direct")
         max_stream_retries = 1
    -    has_tool_calls = False
    -    first_delta_fired = False
    -    # Accumulate streamed text so we can recover if get_final_response()
    -    # returns empty output (e.g. chatgpt.com backend-api sends
    -    # response.incomplete instead of response.completed).
    +    # Accumulate streamed text so callers / compat shims can read it.
         agent._codex_streamed_text_parts: list = []
    +
    +    def _on_text_delta(text: str) -> None:
    +        agent._codex_streamed_text_parts.append(text)
    +        agent._fire_stream_delta(text)
    +
    +    def _on_reasoning_delta(text: str) -> None:
    +        agent._fire_reasoning_delta(text)
    +
    +    def _on_event(event: Any) -> None:
    +        # TTFB watchdog and activity touch — runs once per SSE event.
    +        agent._codex_stream_last_event_ts = time.time()
    +        agent._touch_activity("receiving stream response")
    +
    +    def _interrupt_check() -> bool:
    +        return bool(agent._interrupt_requested)
    +
         for attempt in range(max_stream_retries + 1):
             if agent._interrupt_requested:
                 raise InterruptedError("Agent interrupted before Codex stream retry")
    -        collected_output_items: list = []
    +
    +        stream_kwargs = dict(api_kwargs)
    +        stream_kwargs["stream"] = True
    +
             try:
    -            with active_client.responses.stream(**api_kwargs) as stream:
    -                for event in stream:
    -                    # Mark stream activity for the TTFB watchdog in
    -                    # interruptible_api_call. The Codex backend can accept the
    -                    # connection but never emit a single event; this timestamp
    -                    # staying None tells the watchdog no bytes are flowing.
    -                    agent._codex_stream_last_event_ts = time.time()
    -                    agent._touch_activity("receiving stream response")
    -                    if agent._interrupt_requested:
    -                        break
    -                    event_type = getattr(event, "type", "")
    -                    # Fire callbacks on text content deltas (suppress during tool calls)
    -                    if "output_text.delta" in event_type or event_type == "response.output_text.delta":
    -                        delta_text = getattr(event, "delta", "")
    -                        if delta_text:
    -                            agent._codex_streamed_text_parts.append(delta_text)
    -                        if delta_text and not has_tool_calls:
    -                            if not first_delta_fired:
    -                                first_delta_fired = True
    -                                if on_first_delta:
    -                                    try:
    -                                        on_first_delta()
    -                                    except Exception:
    -                                        pass
    -                            agent._fire_stream_delta(delta_text)
    -                    # Track tool calls to suppress text streaming
    -                    elif "function_call" in event_type:
    -                        has_tool_calls = True
    -                    # Fire reasoning callbacks
    -                    elif "reasoning" in event_type and "delta" in event_type:
    -                        reasoning_text = getattr(event, "delta", "")
    -                        if reasoning_text:
    -                            agent._fire_reasoning_delta(reasoning_text)
    -                    # Collect completed output items — some backends
    -                    # (chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex) stream valid items
    -                    # via response.output_item.done but the SDK's
    -                    # get_final_response() returns an empty output list.
    -                    elif event_type == "response.output_item.done":
    -                        done_item = getattr(event, "item", None)
    -                        if done_item is not None:
    -                            collected_output_items.append(done_item)
    -                    # Log non-completed terminal events for diagnostics
    -                    elif event_type in {"response.incomplete", "response.failed"}:
    -                        resp_obj = getattr(event, "response", None)
    -                        status = getattr(resp_obj, "status", None) if resp_obj else None
    -                        incomplete_details = getattr(resp_obj, "incomplete_details", None) if resp_obj else None
    -                        logger.warning(
    -                            "Codex Responses stream received terminal event %s "
    -                            "(status=%s, incomplete_details=%s, streamed_chars=%d). %s",
    -                            event_type, status, incomplete_details,
    -                            sum(len(p) for p in agent._codex_streamed_text_parts),
    -                            agent._client_log_context(),
    -                        )
    -                final_response = stream.get_final_response()
    -                # PATCH: ChatGPT Codex backend streams valid output items
    -                # but get_final_response() can return an empty output list.
    -                # Backfill from collected items or synthesize from deltas.
    -                _out = getattr(final_response, "output", None)
    -                if _out is None or (isinstance(_out, list) and not _out):
    -                    recovered = _codex_backfilled_response(
    -                        collected_output_items,
    -                        agent._codex_streamed_text_parts,
    -                        has_tool_calls=has_tool_calls,
    -                        model=api_kwargs.get("model"),
    -                    )
    -                    if recovered is not None:
    -                        final_response.output = recovered.output
    -                        logger.debug(
    -                            "Codex stream: backfilled missing output from stream events "
    -                            "(items=%d, text_parts=%d)",
    -                            len(collected_output_items),
    -                            len(agent._codex_streamed_text_parts),
    -                        )
    -                return final_response
    +            event_stream = active_client.responses.create(**stream_kwargs)
             except (_httpx.RemoteProtocolError, _httpx.ReadTimeout, _httpx.ConnectError, ConnectionError) as exc:
                 if attempt < max_stream_retries:
                     logger.debug(
    -                    "Codex Responses stream transport failed (attempt %s/%s); retrying. %s error=%s",
    -                    attempt + 1,
    -                    max_stream_retries + 1,
    -                    agent._client_log_context(),
    -                    exc,
    +                    "Codex Responses stream connect failed (attempt %s/%s); retrying. %s error=%s",
    +                    attempt + 1, max_stream_retries + 1,
    +                    agent._client_log_context(), exc,
                     )
                     continue
    -            logger.debug(
    -                "Codex Responses stream transport failed; falling back to create(stream=True). %s error=%s",
    -                agent._client_log_context(),
    -                exc,
    -            )
    -            return agent._run_codex_create_stream_fallback(api_kwargs, client=active_client)
    -        except TypeError as exc:
    -            if _responses_null_output_iterable_error(exc):
    -                recovered = _codex_backfilled_response(
    -                    collected_output_items,
    -                    agent._codex_streamed_text_parts,
    -                    has_tool_calls=has_tool_calls,
    +            raise
    +
    +        try:
    +            # Compatibility: some mocks/providers return a concrete response
    +            # instead of an iterable.  Pass it straight through.
    +            if hasattr(event_stream, "output") and not hasattr(event_stream, "__iter__"):
    +                return event_stream
    +
    +            try:
    +                final = _consume_codex_event_stream(
    +                    event_stream,
                         model=api_kwargs.get("model"),
    +                    on_text_delta=_on_text_delta,
    +                    on_reasoning_delta=_on_reasoning_delta,
    +                    on_first_delta=on_first_delta,
    +                    on_event=_on_event,
    +                    interrupt_check=_interrupt_check,
                     )
    -                if recovered is not None:
    +            except (_httpx.RemoteProtocolError, _httpx.ReadTimeout, _httpx.ConnectError, ConnectionError) as exc:
    +                if attempt < max_stream_retries:
                         logger.debug(
    -                        "Codex Responses stream parser hit response.output=None; "
    -                        "recovered from streamed events (items=%d, text_parts=%d). %s",
    -                        len(collected_output_items),
    -                        len(agent._codex_streamed_text_parts),
    -                        agent._client_log_context(),
    +                        "Codex Responses stream transport failed mid-iteration "
    +                        "(attempt %s/%s); retrying. %s error=%s",
    +                        attempt + 1, max_stream_retries + 1,
    +                        agent._client_log_context(), exc,
                         )
    -                    return recovered
    -                logger.debug(
    -                    "Codex Responses stream parser hit response.output=None without "
    -                    "recoverable events; falling back to create(stream=True). %s",
    -                    agent._client_log_context(),
    -                )
    -                return agent._run_codex_create_stream_fallback(api_kwargs, client=active_client)
    -            raise
    -        except RuntimeError as exc:
    -            err_text = str(exc)
    -            missing_completed = "response.completed" in err_text
    -            # The OpenAI SDK's Responses streaming state machine raises
    -            # ``RuntimeError("Expected to have received `response.created`
    -            # before `<event-type>`")`` when the first SSE event from the
    -            # server is anything other than ``response.created`` — and it
    -            # discards the event's payload before we can read it.  Three
    -            # real-world backends emit a different first frame:
    -            #
    -            #   * xAI on grok-4.x OAuth — sends ``error`` (issues
    -            #     reported around the May 2026 SuperGrok rollout when
    -            #     multi-turn conversations replay encrypted reasoning
    -            #     content the OAuth tier rejects)
    -            #   * codex-lb relays — send ``codex.rate_limits`` (#14634)
    -            #   * custom Responses relays — send ``response.in_progress``
    -            #     (#8133)
    -            #
    -            # In all three cases the underlying byte stream is still
    -            # readable: a non-stream ``responses.create(stream=True)``
    -            # fallback succeeds and surfaces the real provider error as
    -            # a normal exception with body+status_code attached, which
    -            # ``_summarize_api_error`` can then translate into a useful
    -            # user-facing line.  Treat ``response.created`` prelude
    -            # errors the same way we already treat ``response.completed``
    -            # postlude errors.
    -            prelude_error = (
    -                "Expected to have received `response.created`" in err_text
    -                or "Expected to have received \"response.created\"" in err_text
    -            )
    -            if (missing_completed or prelude_error) and attempt < max_stream_retries:
    -                logger.debug(
    -                    "Responses stream %s (attempt %s/%s); retrying. %s",
    -                    "prelude rejected" if prelude_error else "closed before completion",
    -                    attempt + 1,
    -                    max_stream_retries + 1,
    -                    agent._client_log_context(),
    -                )
    -                continue
    -            if missing_completed or prelude_error:
    -                logger.debug(
    -                    "Responses stream %s; falling back to create(stream=True). %s err=%s",
    -                    "rejected before response.created" if prelude_error else "did not emit response.completed",
    +                    continue
    +                raise
    +
    +            if final.status in {"incomplete", "failed"}:
    +                logger.warning(
    +                    "Codex Responses stream terminal status=%s "
    +                    "(incomplete_details=%s, error=%s, streamed_chars=%d). %s",
    +                    final.status, final.incomplete_details, final.error,
    +                    sum(len(p) for p in agent._codex_streamed_text_parts),
                         agent._client_log_context(),
    -                    err_text,
                     )
    -                return agent._run_codex_create_stream_fallback(api_kwargs, client=active_client)
    -            raise
     
    +            return final
    +        finally:
    +            close_fn = getattr(event_stream, "close", None)
    +            if callable(close_fn):
    +                try:
    +                    close_fn()
    +                except Exception:
    +                    pass
     
     
     def run_codex_create_stream_fallback(agent, api_kwargs: dict, client: Any = None):
    -    """Fallback path for stream completion edge cases on Codex-style Responses backends."""
    -    active_client = client or agent._ensure_primary_openai_client(reason="codex_create_stream_fallback")
    -    fallback_kwargs = dict(api_kwargs)
    -    fallback_kwargs["stream"] = True
    -    fallback_kwargs = agent._get_transport().preflight_kwargs(fallback_kwargs, allow_stream=True)
    -    stream_or_response = active_client.responses.create(**fallback_kwargs)
    -
    -    # Compatibility shim for mocks or providers that still return a concrete response.
    -    if hasattr(stream_or_response, "output"):
    -        return stream_or_response
    -    if not hasattr(stream_or_response, "__iter__"):
    -        return stream_or_response
    -
    -    terminal_response = None
    -    collected_output_items: list = []
    -    collected_text_deltas: list = []
    -    has_tool_calls = False
    -    try:
    -        for event in stream_or_response:
    -            agent._touch_activity("receiving stream response")
    -            event_type = getattr(event, "type", None)
    -            if not event_type and isinstance(event, dict):
    -                event_type = event.get("type")
    -
    -            # ``error`` SSE frames carry the provider's real failure
    -            # reason (subscription / quota / model-not-available /
    -            # rejected-reasoning-replay) but never appear in the
    -            # ``{completed, incomplete, failed}`` terminal set, so the
    -            # raw loop below would silently consume them and end with
    -            # "did not emit a terminal response".  xAI in particular
    -            # emits ``type=error`` as the FIRST frame for OAuth
    -            # accounts whose Grok subscription is missing/exhausted —
    -            # the SDK's stream helper raises ``RuntimeError(Expected
    -            # to have received response.created before error)`` which
    -            # the caller catches and routes here, expecting this
    -            # fallback to surface the message.  Synthesize an
    -            # APIError-shaped exception so ``_summarize_api_error``
    -            # and the credential-pool entitlement detector see the
    -            # real text instead of a generic RuntimeError.
    -            if event_type == "error":
    -                err_message = getattr(event, "message", None)
    -                if not err_message and isinstance(event, dict):
    -                    err_message = event.get("message")
    -                err_code = getattr(event, "code", None)
    -                if not err_code and isinstance(event, dict):
    -                    err_code = event.get("code")
    -                err_param = getattr(event, "param", None)
    -                if not err_param and isinstance(event, dict):
    -                    err_param = event.get("param")
    -                err_message = (err_message or "stream emitted error event").strip()
    -                from run_agent import _StreamErrorEvent
    -                raise _StreamErrorEvent(err_message, code=err_code, param=err_param)
    -
    -            # Collect output items and text deltas for backfill
    -            if event_type == "response.output_item.done":
    -                done_item = getattr(event, "item", None)
    -                if done_item is None and isinstance(event, dict):
    -                    done_item = event.get("item")
    -                if done_item is not None:
    -                    collected_output_items.append(done_item)
    -            elif event_type in {"response.output_text.delta",}:
    -                delta = getattr(event, "delta", "")
    -                if not delta and isinstance(event, dict):
    -                    delta = event.get("delta", "")
    -                if delta:
    -                    collected_text_deltas.append(delta)
    -            elif event_type and "function_call" in event_type:
    -                has_tool_calls = True
    -
    -            if event_type not in {"response.completed", "response.incomplete", "response.failed"}:
    -                continue
    -
    -            terminal_response = getattr(event, "response", None)
    -            if terminal_response is None and isinstance(event, dict):
    -                terminal_response = event.get("response")
    -            if terminal_response is not None:
    -                # Backfill empty output from collected stream events
    -                _out = getattr(terminal_response, "output", None)
    -                if _out is None or (isinstance(_out, list) and not _out):
    -                    recovered = _codex_backfilled_response(
    -                        collected_output_items,
    -                        collected_text_deltas,
    -                        has_tool_calls=has_tool_calls,
    -                        model=fallback_kwargs.get("model"),
    -                    )
    -                    if recovered is not None:
    -                        terminal_response.output = recovered.output
    -                        logger.debug(
    -                            "Codex fallback stream: backfilled missing output "
    -                            "(items=%d, text_parts=%d)",
    -                            len(collected_output_items),
    -                            len(collected_text_deltas),
    -                        )
    -                return terminal_response
    -    finally:
    -        close_fn = getattr(stream_or_response, "close", None)
    -        if callable(close_fn):
    -            try:
    -                close_fn()
    -            except Exception:
    -                pass
    -
    -    if terminal_response is not None:
    -        return terminal_response
    -    raise RuntimeError("Responses create(stream=True) fallback did not emit a terminal response.")
    +    """Backward-compatible alias for the unified event-driven path.
     
    +    Historically this was the fallback when the SDK's high-level
    +    ``responses.stream(...)`` helper raised on shape drift.  The primary
    +    path now does exactly what the fallback did, so this just forwards.
    +    Kept as a public symbol because tests and a small number of call sites
    +    still reference it by name.
    +    """
    +    return run_codex_stream(agent, api_kwargs, client=client)
     
     
     __all__ = [
         "run_codex_app_server_turn",
         "run_codex_stream",
         "run_codex_create_stream_fallback",
    +    "_consume_codex_event_stream",
     ]
    ```
  - `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -2222,34 +2222,45 @@ class TestCodexAdapterReasoningTranslation:
     
         @staticmethod
         def _build_adapter():
    -        """Build a _CodexCompletionsAdapter with a mocked responses.stream()."""
    +        """Build a _CodexCompletionsAdapter with a mocked responses.create()."""
             from agent.auxiliary_client import _CodexCompletionsAdapter
             from types import SimpleNamespace
     
    -        # Mock the stream context manager: yields no events, get_final_response
    -        # returns a minimal empty-output response.
    -        fake_final = SimpleNamespace(
    -            output=[SimpleNamespace(
    -                type="message",
    -                content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text="hi")],
    -            )],
    -            usage=SimpleNamespace(input_tokens=1, output_tokens=1, total_tokens=2),
    +        # The event-driven path consumes ``responses.create(stream=True)`` as a
    +        # raw iterable of SSE events.  Emit a minimal stream containing one
    +        # ``response.output_item.done`` (message) and a ``response.completed``
    +        # terminal frame.
    +        message_item = SimpleNamespace(
    +            type="message",
    +            role="assistant",
    +            status="completed",
    +            content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text="hi")],
             )
    +        events = [
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.created"),
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.output_item.done", item=message_item),
    +            SimpleNamespace(
    +                type="response.completed",
    +                response=SimpleNamespace(
    +                    status="completed",
    +                    id="resp_test",
    +                    usage=SimpleNamespace(input_tokens=1, output_tokens=1, total_tokens=2),
    +                ),
    +            ),
    +        ]
     
    -        class _FakeStream:
    -            def __enter__(self): return self
    -            def __exit__(self, *a): return False
    -            def __iter__(self): return iter([])
    -            def get_final_response(self): return fake_final
    +        class _FakeCreateStream:
    +            def __iter__(self): return iter(events)
    +            def close(self): pass
     
             captured_kwargs = {}
     
    -        def _stream(**kwargs):
    +        def _create(**kwargs):
                 captured_kwargs.update(kwargs)
    -            return _FakeStream()
    +            return _FakeCreateStream()
     
             real_client = MagicMock()
    -        real_client.responses.stream = _stream
    +        real_client.responses.create = _create
             adapter = _CodexCompletionsAdapter(real_client, "gpt-5.3-codex")
             return adapter, captured_kwargs
     
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -2476,33 +2487,29 @@ def test_skip_set_covers_exactly_known_entries(self):
     
     
     class TestCodexAuxiliaryAdapterTimeout:
    -    def test_forwards_timeout_to_responses_stream(self):
    -        class FakeStream:
    -            def __enter__(self):
    -                return self
    -
    -            def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
    -                return False
    +    def test_forwards_timeout_to_responses_create(self):
    +        message_item = SimpleNamespace(
    +            type="message",
    +            content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text="summary")],
    +        )
    +        events = [
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.output_item.done", item=message_item),
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.completed", response=SimpleNamespace(
    +                status="completed", id="r1", usage=None,
    +            )),
    +        ]
     
    -            def __iter__(self):
    -                return iter(())
    -
    -            def get_final_response(self):
    -                return SimpleNamespace(
    -                    output=[SimpleNamespace(
    -                        type="message",
    -                        content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text="summary")],
    -                    )],
    -                    usage=None,
    -                )
    +        class _FakeCreateStream:
    +            def __iter__(self): return iter(events)
    +            def close(self): pass
     
             class FakeResponses:
                 def __init__(self):
                     self.kwargs = None
     
    -            def stream(self, **kwargs):
    +            def create(self, **kwargs):
                     self.kwargs = kwargs
    -                return FakeStream()
    +                return _FakeCreateStream()
     
             fake_client = SimpleNamespace(responses=FakeResponses())
             adapter = _CodexCompletionsAdapter(fake_client, "gpt-5.5")
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -2513,33 +2520,21 @@ def stream(self, **kwargs):
             )
     
             assert fake_client.responses.kwargs["timeout"] == 12.5
    +        assert fake_client.responses.kwargs["stream"] is True
             assert response.choices[0].message.content == "summary"
     
         def test_enforces_total_timeout_while_stream_keeps_emitting_events(self):
    -        class SlowAliveStream:
    -            def __enter__(self):
    -                return self
    -
    -            def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
    -                return False
    -
    +        class _SlowAliveCreateStream:
                 def __iter__(self):
                     for _ in range(5):
                         time.sleep(0.03)
                         yield SimpleNamespace(type="response.in_progress")
     
    -            def get_final_response(self):
    -                return SimpleNamespace(
    -                    output=[SimpleNamespace(
    -                        type="message",
    -                        content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text="late")],
    -                    )],
    -                    usage=None,
    -                )
    +            def close(self): pass
     
             class FakeResponses:
    -            def stream(self, **kwargs):
    -                return SlowAliveStream()
    +            def create(self, **kwargs):
    +                return _SlowAliveCreateStream()
     
             fake_client = SimpleNamespace(responses=FakeResponses(), close=lambda: None)
             adapter = _CodexCompletionsAdapter(fake_client, "gpt-5.5")
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -2555,34 +2550,39 @@ def stream(self, **kwargs):
     
     
     class TestCodexAuxiliaryAdapterNullOutputRecovery:
    -    def test_recovers_output_item_when_sdk_raises_during_iteration(self):
    -        """Regression for #11179 in auxiliary calls such as compression/title generation."""
    -
    +    def test_recovers_output_item_when_terminal_event_has_null_output(self):
    +        """Regression for #11179 in auxiliary calls.
    +
    +        The wire shape that broke the SDK is ``response.completed`` with
    +        ``response.output = null``.  The event-driven path is structurally
    +        immune because it reconstructs from ``response.output_item.done``
    +        events and never reads the terminal event's ``output`` field for
    +        content.  Assert the auxiliary path returns the streamed item even
    +        when the terminal frame's output is ``null``.
    +        """
             output_item = SimpleNamespace(
                 type="message",
                 content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text="aux survived")],
             )
    +        events = [
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.created"),
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.output_item.done", item=output_item),
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.completed", response=SimpleNamespace(
    +                status="completed",
    +                id="resp_null_output",
    +                # This is the field the SDK helper would have iterated and crashed on:
    +                output=None,
    +                usage=None,
    +            )),
    +        ]
     
    -        class NullOutputParseStream:
    -            def __enter__(self):
    -                return self
    -
    -            def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
    -                return False
    -
    -            def __iter__(self):
    -                yield SimpleNamespace(type="response.output_item.done", item=output_item)
    -                raise TypeError("'NoneType' object is not iterable")
    -
    -            def get_final_response(self):  # pragma: no cover - iterator fails first
    -                raise AssertionError("get_final_response should not be reached")
    +        class _NullOutputCreateStream:
    +            def __iter__(self): return iter(events)
    +            def close(self): pass
     
             class FakeResponses:
    -            def __init__(self):
    -                self.create = MagicMock()
    -
    -            def stream(self, **kwargs):
    -                return NullOutputParseStream()
    +            def create(self, **kwargs):
    +                return _NullOutputCreateStream()
     
             fake_client = SimpleNamespace(responses=FakeResponses())
             adapter = _CodexCompletionsAdapter(fake_client, "gpt-5.5")
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -2590,7 +2590,6 @@ def stream(self, **kwargs):
             response = adapter.create(messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "summarize"}])
     
             assert response.choices[0].message.content == "aux survived"
    -        fake_client.responses.create.assert_not_called()
     
     
     # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -2696,26 +2695,19 @@ def test_codex_timeout_evicts_cached_wrapper(self):
                 _CodexCompletionsAdapter, CodexAuxiliaryClient,
             )
     
    -        class SlowAliveStream:
    -            def __enter__(self):
    -                return self
    -
    -            def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
    -                return False
    -
    +        class _SlowAliveCreateStream:
                 def __iter__(self):
                     for _ in range(20):
                         time.sleep(0.01)
                         yield SimpleNamespace(type="response.in_progress")
     
    -            def get_final_response(self):  # pragma: no cover — timeout fires first
    -                return SimpleNamespace(output=[], usage=None)
    +            def close(self): pass
     
             closed = {"flag": False}
     
             class FakeClient:
                 def __init__(self):
    -                self.responses = SimpleNamespace(stream=lambda **k: SlowAliveStream())
    +                self.responses = SimpleNamespace(create=lambda **k: _SlowAliveCreateStream())
                     self.api_key = "k"
                     self.base_url = "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex"
     
    ```
  - `tests/run_agent/test_codex_xai_oauth_recovery.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -37,7 +37,18 @@
     
     
     # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -# Fix A: prelude error fallback
    +# Fix A: prelude error surfacing via wire `error` events
    +#
    +# With the migration to ``responses.create(stream=True)`` raw event iteration,
    +# the SDK's high-level state-machine RuntimeError no longer mediates between
    +# the wire and us — we read the wire directly.  When the chatgpt.com Codex
    +# backend (or xAI, codex-lb, custom relays) emits a ``type=error`` frame as
    +# its first event, our consumer raises ``_StreamErrorEvent`` straight from
    +# the wire payload, which carries the real provider message in ``.body`` /
    +# ``.message`` shape for ``_summarize_api_error`` to consume.  This is
    +# strictly better than the old "SDK raises RuntimeError → we retry → fall
    +# back to a second non-stream call" two-phase dance, because the error
    +# surfaces on the first event instead of after one wasted round trip.
     # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -60,105 +71,104 @@ def _make_codex_agent():
     
     
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
    -    "prelude_event_type",
    +    "provider_message",
         [
    -        "error",                  # xAI OAuth multi-turn
    -        "codex.rate_limits",      # codex-lb relays (#14634)
    -        "response.in_progress",   # custom Responses relays (#8133)
    +        "You do not have an active Grok subscription",
    +        "rate limit exceeded",
    +        "model not available",
         ],
     )
    -def test_codex_stream_prelude_error_falls_back_to_create_stream(prelude_event_type):
    -    """The SDK's prelude RuntimeError must trigger the non-stream fallback.
    +def test_codex_stream_wire_error_event_surfaces_stream_error_event(provider_message):
    +    """A wire ``type=error`` SSE frame raises ``_StreamErrorEvent`` with the
    +    provider's real message in the body."""
    +    from run_agent import _StreamErrorEvent
     
    -    When the first SSE event isn't ``response.created``, openai-python
    -    raises RuntimeError before our event loop sees anything.  We must
    -    detect that, retry once, then fall back to ``create(stream=True)``
    -    which surfaces the real provider error or a real response.
    -    """
         agent = _make_codex_agent()
     
    -    prelude_error = RuntimeError(
    -        f"Expected to have received `response.created` before `{prelude_event_type}`"
    -    )
    +    class _ErrorCreateStream:
    +        def __iter__(self_inner):
    +            yield SimpleNamespace(type="error", message=provider_message, code="forbidden")
    +
    +        def close(self_inner):
    +            pass
     
         mock_client = MagicMock()
    -    mock_client.responses.stream.side_effect = prelude_error
    -
    -    fallback_response = SimpleNamespace(
    -        output=[SimpleNamespace(
    -            type="message",
    -            content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text="fallback ok")],
    -        )],
    -        status="completed",
    -    )
    +    mock_client.responses.create.return_value = _ErrorCreateStream()
     
    -    with patch.object(
    -        agent, "_run_codex_create_stream_fallback", return_value=fallback_response
    -    ) as mock_fallback:
    -        result = agent._run_codex_stream({}, client=mock_client)
    +    with pytest.raises(_StreamErrorEvent) as excinfo:
    +        agent._run_codex_stream({}, client=mock_client)
     
    -    assert result is fallback_response
    -    mock_fallback.assert_called_once_with({}, client=mock_client)
    +    assert provider_message in str(excinfo.value)
    +    assert excinfo.value.body["error"]["message"] == provider_message
     
     
    -def test_codex_stream_prelude_error_retries_once_before_fallback():
    -    """The retry path must fire one extra stream attempt before falling back."""
    -    agent = _make_codex_agent()
    +def test_codex_stream_retries_remote_protocol_error_once():
    +    """Transport errors (``httpx.RemoteProtocolError``) trigger a single retry.
    +
    +    Previously this was on the ``responses.stream(...)`` helper; now it's on
    +    ``responses.create(stream=True)`` itself.  The user-facing behavior is the
    +    same: one retry, then re-raise if the second attempt also fails.
    +    """
    +    import httpx
     
    +    agent = _make_codex_agent()
         call_count = {"n": 0}
     
    -    def stream_side_effect(**kwargs):
    +    def create_side_effect(**kwargs):
             call_count["n"] += 1
    -        raise RuntimeError(
    -            "Expected to have received `response.created` before `error`"
    +        raise httpx.RemoteProtocolError(
    +            "peer closed connection without sending complete message body"
             )
     
         mock_client = MagicMock()
    -    mock_client.responses.stream.side_effect = stream_side_effect
    +    mock_client.responses.create.side_effect = create_side_effect
     
    -    fallback_response = SimpleNamespace(output=[], status="completed")
    -    with patch.object(
    -        agent, "_run_codex_create_stream_fallback", return_value=fallback_response
    -    ) as mock_fallback:
    +    with pytest.raises(httpx.RemoteProtocolError):
             agent._run_codex_stream({}, client=mock_client)
     
    -    # max_stream_retries=1 → one retry + final attempt → 2 stream calls,
    -    # THEN the fallback path runs.
    +    # max_stream_retries=1 → one retry + final attempt → 2 create calls total.
         assert call_count["n"] == 2
    -    mock_fallback.assert_called_once()
     
     
     def test_codex_stream_unrelated_runtimeerror_still_raises():
    -    """RuntimeErrors that aren't prelude/postlude shape must propagate."""
    +    """RuntimeErrors that aren't transport errors must propagate.
    +
    +    With the event-driven path there's no separate fallback function to
    +    short-circuit into; any RuntimeError from ``responses.create()`` or the
    +    consumer surfaces directly.
    +    """
         agent = _make_codex_agent()
     
         mock_client = MagicMock()
    -    mock_client.responses.stream.side_effect = RuntimeError("something else broke")
    +    mock_client.responses.create.side_effect = RuntimeError("something else broke")
     
    -    with patch.object(agent, "_run_codex_create_stream_fallback") as mock_fallback:
    -        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="something else broke"):
    -            agent._run_codex_stream({}, client=mock_client)
    +    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="something else broke"):
    +        agent._run_codex_stream({}, client=mock_client)
     
    -    mock_fallback.assert_not_called()
     
    +def test_codex_stream_truncated_no_terminal_event_raises():
    +    """Streams that end without a terminal event AND no items raise.
     
    -def test_codex_stream_postlude_error_still_falls_back():
    -    """Existing ``response.completed`` fallback must not regress."""
    +    Preserves the "Codex Responses stream did not emit a terminal response"
    +    signal callers use to distinguish "stream truncated mid-flight" from
    +    "stream completed with empty body".  Previously surfaced by the SDK's
    +    ``RuntimeError("Didn't receive a `response.completed` event.")``; now
    +    surfaced directly by the event consumer.
    +    """
         agent = _make_codex_agent()
     
    -    mock_client = MagicMock()
    -    mock_client.responses.stream.side_effect = RuntimeError(
    -        "Didn't receive a `response.completed` event."
    -    )
    +    class _EmptyStream:
    +        def __iter__(self_inner):
    +            return iter(())
     
    -    fallback_response = SimpleNamespace(output=[], status="completed")
    -    with patch.object(
    -        agent, "_run_codex_create_stream_fallback", return_value=fallback_response
    -    ) as mock_fallback:
    -        result = agent._run_codex_stream({}, client=mock_client)
    +        def close(self_inner):
    +            pass
     
    -    assert result is fallback_response
    -    mock_fallback.assert_called_once()
    +    mock_client = MagicMock()
    +    mock_client.responses.create.return_value = _EmptyStream()
    +
    +    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="did not emit a terminal response"):
    +        agent._run_codex_stream({}, client=mock_client)
     
     
     # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ```
  - `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent_codex_responses.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -154,27 +154,13 @@ def _codex_ack_message_response(text: str):
         )
     
     
    -class _FakeResponsesStream:
    -    def __init__(self, *, final_response=None, final_error=None):
    -        self._final_response = final_response
    -        self._final_error = final_error
    -
    -    def __enter__(self):
    -        return self
    -
    -    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
    -        return False
    -
    -    def __iter__(self):
    -        return iter(())
    -
    -    def get_final_response(self):
    -        if self._final_error is not None:
    -            raise self._final_error
    -        return self._final_response
    +class _FakeCreateStream:
    +    """Iterable-only fake for ``responses.create(stream=True)`` outputs.
     
    +    The event-driven Codex path expects an iterable that yields SSE events;
    +    tests use this to drive it through the same code paths the wire does.
    +    """
     
    -class _FakeCreateStream:
         def __init__(self, events):
             self._events = list(events)
             self.closed = False
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -186,27 +172,6 @@ def close(self):
             self.closed = True
     
     
    -class _IteratorTypeErrorStream:
    -    """Mimic the SDK raising while parsing response.completed.output=None."""
    -
    -    def __init__(self, events_before_error):
    -        self._events_before_error = list(events_before_error)
    -
    -    def __enter__(self):
    -        return self
    -
    -    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
    -        return False
    -
    -    def __iter__(self):
    -        for event in self._events_before_error:
    -            yield event
    -        raise TypeError("'NoneType' object is not iterable")
    -
    -    def get_final_response(self):  # pragma: no cover - iterator fails first
    -        raise AssertionError("get_final_response should not be reached")
    -
    -
     def _codex_request_kwargs():
         return {
             "model": "gpt-5-codex",
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -418,60 +383,75 @@ def test_build_api_kwargs_copilot_responses_omits_reasoning_for_non_reasoning_mo
         assert "prompt_cache_key" not in kwargs
     
     
    -def test_run_codex_stream_retries_when_completed_event_missing(monkeypatch):
    +def test_run_codex_stream_returns_collected_items_when_stream_ends_without_terminal(monkeypatch):
    +    """The event-driven path tolerates streams that end without a terminal frame.
    +
    +    Previously the SDK's ``responses.stream(...)`` helper raised
    +    ``RuntimeError("Didn't receive a `response.completed` event.")`` which the
    +    primary path caught and retried/fell back through. The new
    +    ``responses.create(stream=True)`` path consumes events directly and just
    +    returns whatever it collected — no retry, no separate fallback path.
    +    """
         agent = _build_agent(monkeypatch)
    -    calls = {"stream": 0}
    +    output_item = SimpleNamespace(
    +        type="message",
    +        status="completed",
    +        content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text="no terminal frame")],
    +    )
    +    calls = {"create": 0}
     
    -    def _fake_stream(**kwargs):
    -        calls["stream"] += 1
    -        if calls["stream"] == 1:
    -            return _FakeResponsesStream(
    -                final_error=RuntimeError("Didn't receive a `response.completed` event.")
    -            )
    -        return _FakeResponsesStream(final_response=_codex_message_response("stream ok"))
    +    def _fake_create(**kwargs):
    +        calls["create"] += 1
    +        assert kwargs.get("stream") is True
    +        return _FakeCreateStream([
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.created"),
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.output_item.done", item=output_item),
    +            # stream ends without a response.completed/incomplete/failed frame
    +        ])
     
         agent.client = SimpleNamespace(
    -        responses=SimpleNamespace(
    -            stream=_fake_stream,
    -            create=lambda **kwargs: _codex_message_response("fallback"),
    -        )
    +        responses=SimpleNamespace(create=_fake_create),
         )
     
         response = agent._run_codex_stream(_codex_request_kwargs())
    -    assert calls["stream"] == 2
    -    assert response.output[0].content[0].text == "stream ok"
    +    assert calls["create"] == 1
    +    assert response.status == "completed"
    +    assert response.output == [output_item]
     
     
    -def test_run_codex_stream_falls_back_to_create_after_stream_completion_error(monkeypatch):
    +def test_run_codex_stream_surfaces_failed_status_in_final_response(monkeypatch):
    +    """A ``response.failed`` terminal event is reflected on the returned object."""
         agent = _build_agent(monkeypatch)
    -    calls = {"stream": 0, "create": 0}
    -
    -    def _fake_stream(**kwargs):
    -        calls["stream"] += 1
    -        return _FakeResponsesStream(
    -            final_error=RuntimeError("Didn't receive a `response.completed` event.")
    -        )
    +    error_payload = {"message": "model overloaded", "code": "overloaded"}
    +    failed_event = SimpleNamespace(
    +        type="response.failed",
    +        response=SimpleNamespace(
    +            status="failed",
    +            error=error_payload,
    +            id="resp_failed_1",
    +            usage=None,
    +        ),
    +    )
     
         def _fake_create(**kwargs):
    -        calls["create"] += 1
    -        return _codex_message_response("create fallback ok")
    +        return _FakeCreateStream([
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.created"),
    +            failed_event,
    +        ])
     
         agent.client = SimpleNamespace(
    -        responses=SimpleNamespace(
    -            stream=_fake_stream,
    -            create=_fake_create,
    -        )
    +        responses=SimpleNamespace(create=_fake_create),
         )
     
         response = agent._run_codex_stream(_codex_request_kwargs())
    -    assert calls["stream"] == 2
    -    assert calls["create"] == 1
    -    assert response.output[0].content[0].text == "create fallback ok"
    +    assert response.status == "failed"
    +    assert response.error == error_payload
     
     
    -def test_run_codex_stream_fallback_parses_create_stream_events(monkeypatch):
    +def test_run_codex_stream_parses_create_stream_events(monkeypatch):
    +    """The primary path consumes ``responses.create(stream=True)`` events directly."""
         agent = _build_agent(monkeypatch)
    -    calls = {"stream": 0, "create": 0}
    +    calls = {"create": 0}
         create_stream = _FakeCreateStream(
             [
                 SimpleNamespace(type="response.created"),
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -480,62 +460,26 @@ def test_run_codex_stream_fallback_parses_create_stream_events(monkeypatch):
             ]
         )
     
    -    def _fake_stream(**kwargs):
    -        calls["stream"] += 1
    -        return _FakeResponsesStream(
    -            final_error=RuntimeError("Didn't receive a `response.completed` event.")
    -        )
    -
         def _fake_create(**kwargs):
             calls["create"] += 1
             assert kwargs.get("stream") is True
             return create_stream
     
         agent.client = SimpleNamespace(
    -        responses=SimpleNamespace(
    -            stream=_fake_stream,
    -            create=_fake_create,
    -        )
    +        responses=SimpleNamespace(create=_fake_create),
         )
     
         response = agent._run_codex_stream(_codex_request_kwargs())
    -    assert calls["stream"] == 2
         assert calls["create"] == 1
         assert create_stream.closed is True
    -    assert response.output[0].content[0].text == "streamed create ok"
    -
    -
    -def test_run_codex_stream_falls_back_when_stream_iteration_parses_null_output(monkeypatch):
    -    """Regression for #11179: the SDK can raise while iterating response.completed.
    -
    -    The failure happens before get_final_response(), so post-loop backfill alone is
    -    not enough. Preserve already streamed output_item.done events.
    -    """
    -    agent = _build_agent(monkeypatch)
    -    output_item = SimpleNamespace(
    -        type="message",
    -        status="completed",
    -        content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text="stream item survived")],
    -    )
    -    calls = {"stream": 0}
    -
    -    def _fake_stream(**kwargs):
    -        calls["stream"] += 1
    -        return _IteratorTypeErrorStream([
    -            SimpleNamespace(type="response.output_item.done", item=output_item),
    -        ])
    -
    -    def _unexpected_create(**kwargs):  # pragma: no cover - recovery should avoid fallback call
    -        raise AssertionError("create fallback should not be needed when output items were collected")
    -
    -    agent.client = SimpleNamespace(
    -        responses=SimpleNamespace(stream=_fake_stream, create=_unexpected_create),
    -    )
    -
    -    response = agent._run_codex_stream(_codex_request_kwargs())
    -
    -    assert calls["stream"] == 1
    -    assert response.output == [output_item]
    +    # The wire's response.completed.response.output is a list with the message item,
    +    # but the event-driven path reconstructs from response.output_item.done.
    +    # _codex_message_response returns a SimpleNamespace whose .output is a list of
    +    # items — we don't read those directly, we read the items via output_item.done,
    +    # but this fixture doesn't emit output_item.done. So the consumer assembles a
    +    # message from streamed text deltas if present, or returns the items it has.
    +    # For backward compatibility with the helper that builds _codex_message_response,
    +    # we just assert status is completed and id propagated.
         assert response.status == "completed"
     
     
    ```
  - `tests/run_agent/test_streaming.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -783,32 +783,28 @@ def test_codex_text_delta_fires_callback(self):
             agent.api_mode = "codex_responses"
             agent._interrupt_requested = False
     
    -        # Mock the stream context manager
    -        mock_event_text = SimpleNamespace(
    -            type="response.output_text.delta",
    -            delta="Hello from Codex!",
    -        )
    -        mock_event_done = SimpleNamespace(
    -            type="response.completed",
    -            delta="",
    -        )
    +        events = [
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.created"),
    +            SimpleNamespace(
    +                type="response.output_text.delta",
    +                delta="Hello from Codex!",
    +            ),
    +            SimpleNamespace(
    +                type="response.completed",
    +                response=SimpleNamespace(status="completed", id="r1", usage=None),
    +            ),
    +        ]
     
    -        mock_stream = MagicMock()
    -        mock_stream.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=mock_stream)
    -        mock_stream.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=False)
    -        mock_stream.__iter__ = MagicMock(return_value=iter([mock_event_text, mock_event_done]))
    -        mock_stream.get_final_response.return_value = SimpleNamespace(
    -            output=[SimpleNamespace(
    -                type="message",
    -                content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text="Hello from Codex!")],
    -            )],
    -            status="completed",
    -        )
    +        class _FakeCreateStream:
    +            def __iter__(self_inner):
    +                return iter(events)
    +            def close(self_inner):
    +                return None
     
             mock_client = MagicMock()
    -        mock_client.responses.stream.return_value = mock_stream
    +        mock_client.responses.create.return_value = _FakeCreateStream()
     
    -        response = agent._run_codex_stream({}, client=mock_client)
    +        agent._run_codex_stream({}, client=mock_client)
             assert "Hello from Codex!" in deltas
     
         def test_codex_stream_refreshes_activity_on_every_event(self):
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -828,57 +824,40 @@ def test_codex_stream_refreshes_activity_on_every_event(self):
             touch_calls = []
             agent._touch_activity = lambda desc: touch_calls.append(desc)
     
    -        mock_event_text_1 = SimpleNamespace(
    -            type="response.output_text.delta",
    -            delta="Hello",
    -        )
    -        mock_event_text_2 = SimpleNamespace(
    -            type="response.output_text.delta",
    -            delta=" world",
    -        )
    -        mock_event_done = SimpleNamespace(
    -            type="response.completed",
    -            delta="",
    -        )
    +        events = [
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.output_text.delta", delta="Hello"),
    +            SimpleNamespace(type="response.output_text.delta", delta=" world"),
    +            SimpleNamespace(
    +                type="response.completed",
    +                response=SimpleNamespace(status="completed", id="r2", usage=None),
    +            ),
    +        ]
     
    -        mock_stream = MagicMock()
    -        mock_stream.__enter__ = MagicMock(return_value=mock_stream)
    -        mock_stream.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=False)
    -        mock_stream.__iter__ = MagicMock(
    -            return_value=iter([mock_event_text_1, mock_event_text_2, mock_event_done])
    -        )
    -        mock_stream.get_final_response.return_value = SimpleNamespace(
    -            output=[SimpleNamespace(
    -                type="message",
    -                content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text="Hello world")],
    -            )],
    -            status="completed",
    -        )
    +        class _FakeCreateStream:
    +            def __iter__(self_inner):
    +                return iter(events)
    +            def close(self_inner):
    +                return None
     
             mock_client = MagicMock()
    -        mock_client.responses.stream.return_value = mock_stream
    +        mock_client.responses.create.return_value = _FakeCreateStream()
     
             agent._run_codex_stream({}, client=mock_client)
     
             assert touch_calls.count("receiving stream response") == 3
     
    -    def test_codex_remote_protocol_error_falls_back_to_create_stream(self):
    +    def test_codex_remote_protocol_error_retries_then_raises(self):
    +        """Transport errors from ``responses.create`` retry once then re-raise.
    +
    +        With the migration from ``responses.stream(...)`` to
    +        ``responses.create(stream=True)``, there is no longer a separate
    +        fallback function — the same call IS the streaming path.  When it
    +        raises ``httpx.RemoteProtocolError``, we retry once (matching the
    +        old behavior on the helper) and re-raise on the second failure.
    +        """
             from run_agent import AIAgent
             import httpx
     
    -        fallback_response = SimpleNamespace(
    -            output=[SimpleNamespace(
    -                type="message",
    -                content=[SimpleNamespace(type="output_text", text="fallback from create stream")],
    -            )],
    -            status="completed",
    -        )
    -
    -        mock_client = MagicMock()
    -        mock_client.responses.stream.side_effect = httpx.RemoteProtocolError(
    -            "peer closed connection without sending complete message body"
    -        )
    -
             agent = AIAgent(
                 api_key="[redacted:secret-assignment]",
                 base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
    ```

    ```diff
    @@ -890,11 +869,22 @@ def test_codex_remote_protocol_error_falls_back_to_create_stream(self):
             agent.api_mode = "codex_responses"
             agent._interrupt_requested = False
     
    -        with patch.object(agent, "_run_codex_create_stream_fallback", return_value=fallback_response) as mock_fallback:
    -            response = agent._run_codex_stream({}, client=mock_client)
    +        call_count = {"n": 0}
    +
    +        def _create_side_effect(**kwargs):
    +            call_count["n"] += 1
    +            raise httpx.RemoteProtocolError(
    +                "peer closed connection without sending complete message body"
    +            )
    +
    +        mock_client = MagicMock()
    +        mock_client.responses.create.side_effect = _create_side_effect
    +
    +        with pytest.raises(httpx.RemoteProtocolError):
    +            agent._run_codex_stream({}, client=mock_client)
     
    -        assert response is fallback_response
    -        mock_fallback.assert_called_once_with({}, client=mock_client)
    +        # 1 initial + 1 retry = 2 calls
    +        assert call_count["n"] == 2
     
         def test_codex_create_stream_fallback_refreshes_activity_on_every_event(self):
             from run_agent import AIAgent
    ```
- **#33017: Preserve Codex usage during null-output recovery**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `cb38ce28c`, `#33042`
- **#33025: \[codex\] fix(agent): preserve Codex recovered stream usage**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `cb38ce28c`, `#33042`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #33042 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-27`.
- Subsystem: `agent`
