[codex][app-server] introduce codex/event/raw_item events

codex-rs/app-server-protocol/src/protocol.rs

@@ -716,6 +716,8 @@ pub struct SendUserMessageResponse {}
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct AddConversationListenerParams {
     pub conversation_id: ConversationId,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub experimental_raw_events: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, JsonSchema, TS)]

codex-rs/app-server/src/codex_message_processor.rs

@@ -1256,7 +1256,10 @@ impl CodexMessageProcessor {
         request_id: RequestId,
         params: AddConversationListenerParams,
     ) {
-        let AddConversationListenerParams { conversation_id } = params;
+        let AddConversationListenerParams {
+            conversation_id,
+            experimental_raw_events,
+        } = params;
         let Ok(conversation) = self
             .conversation_manager
             .get_conversation(conversation_id)
@@ -1293,6 +1296,11 @@ impl CodexMessageProcessor {
                             }
                         };
 
+                        if let EventMsg::RawResponseItem(_) = &event.msg
+                            && !experimental_raw_events {
+                                continue;
+                            }
+
                         // For now, we send a notification for every event,
                         // JSON-serializing the `Event` as-is, but these should
                         // be migrated to be variants of `ServerNotification`

codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/codex_message_processor_flow.rs

@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ async fn test_codex_jsonrpc_conversation_flow() {
 
     // 2) addConversationListener
     let add_listener_id = mcp
-        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams { conversation_id })
+        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams {
+            conversation_id,
+            experimental_raw_events: false,
+        })
         .await
         .expect("send addConversationListener");
     let add_listener_resp: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
@@ -252,7 +255,10 @@ async fn test_send_user_turn_changes_approval_policy_behavior() {
 
     // 2) addConversationListener
     let add_listener_id = mcp
-        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams { conversation_id })
+        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams {
+            conversation_id,
+            experimental_raw_events: false,
+        })
         .await
         .expect("send addConversationListener");
     let _: AddConversationSubscriptionResponse =
@@ -458,7 +464,10 @@ async fn test_send_user_turn_updates_sandbox_and_cwd_between_turns() {
         .expect("deserialize newConversation response");
 
     let add_listener_id = mcp
-        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams { conversation_id })
+        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams {
+            conversation_id,
+            experimental_raw_events: false,
+        })
         .await
         .expect("send addConversationListener");
     timeout(

codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/create_conversation.rs

@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ async fn test_conversation_create_and_send_message_ok() {
 
     // Add a listener so we receive notifications for this conversation (not strictly required for this test).
     let add_listener_id = mcp
-        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams { conversation_id })
+        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams {
+            conversation_id,
+            experimental_raw_events: false,
+        })
         .await
         .expect("send addConversationListener");
     let _sub: AddConversationSubscriptionResponse =

codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/interrupt.rs

@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ async fn shell_command_interruption() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     // 2) addConversationListener
     let add_listener_id = mcp
-        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams { conversation_id })
+        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams {
+            conversation_id,
+            experimental_raw_events: false,
+        })
         .await?;
     let _add_listener_resp: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
         DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,

codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/send_message.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ use codex_app_server_protocol::RequestId;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::SendUserMessageParams;
 use codex_app_server_protocol::SendUserMessageResponse;
 use codex_protocol::ConversationId;
+use codex_protocol::models::ContentItem;
+use codex_protocol::models::ResponseItem;
 use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 use tokio::time::timeout;
@@ -62,7 +64,10 @@ async fn test_send_message_success() {
 
     // 2) addConversationListener
     let add_listener_id = mcp
-        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams { conversation_id })
+        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams {
+            conversation_id,
+            experimental_raw_events: false,
+        })
         .await
         .expect("send addConversationListener");
     let add_listener_resp: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
@@ -124,6 +129,105 @@ async fn send_message(message: &str, conversation_id: ConversationId, mcp: &mut
             .expect("should have conversationId"),
         &serde_json::Value::String(conversation_id.to_string())
     );
+
+    let raw_attempt = tokio::time::timeout(
+        std::time::Duration::from_millis(200),
+        mcp.read_stream_until_notification_message("codex/event/raw_response_item"),
+    )
+    .await;
+    assert!(
+        raw_attempt.is_err(),
+        "unexpected raw item notification when not opted in"
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_send_message_raw_notifications_opt_in() {
+    let responses = vec![
+        create_final_assistant_message_sse_response("Done").expect("build mock assistant message"),
+    ];
+    let server = create_mock_chat_completions_server(responses).await;
+
+    let codex_home = TempDir::new().expect("create temp dir");
+    create_config_toml(codex_home.path(), &server.uri()).expect("write config.toml");
+
+    let mut mcp = McpProcess::new(codex_home.path())
+        .await
+        .expect("spawn mcp process");
+    timeout(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT, mcp.initialize())
+        .await
+        .expect("init timed out")
+        .expect("init failed");
+
+    let new_conv_id = mcp
+        .send_new_conversation_request(NewConversationParams::default())
+        .await
+        .expect("send newConversation");
+    let new_conv_resp: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
+        DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
+        mcp.read_stream_until_response_message(RequestId::Integer(new_conv_id)),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("newConversation timeout")
+    .expect("newConversation resp");
+    let NewConversationResponse {
+        conversation_id, ..
+    } = to_response::<_>(new_conv_resp).expect("deserialize newConversation response");
+
+    let add_listener_id = mcp
+        .send_add_conversation_listener_request(AddConversationListenerParams {
+            conversation_id,
+            experimental_raw_events: true,
+        })
+        .await
+        .expect("send addConversationListener");
+    let add_listener_resp: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
+        DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
+        mcp.read_stream_until_response_message(RequestId::Integer(add_listener_id)),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("addConversationListener timeout")
+    .expect("addConversationListener resp");
+    let AddConversationSubscriptionResponse { subscription_id: _ } =
+        to_response::<_>(add_listener_resp).expect("deserialize addConversationListener response");
+
+    let send_id = mcp
+        .send_send_user_message_request(SendUserMessageParams {
+            conversation_id,
+            items: vec![InputItem::Text {
+                text: "Hello".to_string(),
+            }],
+        })
+        .await
+        .expect("send sendUserMessage");
+
+    let instructions = read_raw_response_item(&mut mcp, conversation_id).await;
+    assert_instructions_message(&instructions);
+
+    let environment = read_raw_response_item(&mut mcp, conversation_id).await;
+    assert_environment_message(&environment);
+
+    let response: JSONRPCResponse = timeout(
+        DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
+        mcp.read_stream_until_response_message(RequestId::Integer(send_id)),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("sendUserMessage response timeout")
+    .expect("sendUserMessage response error");
+    let _ok: SendUserMessageResponse = to_response::<SendUserMessageResponse>(response)
+        .expect("deserialize sendUserMessage response");
+
+    let user_message = read_raw_response_item(&mut mcp, conversation_id).await;
+    assert_user_message(&user_message, "Hello");
+
+    let assistant_message = read_raw_response_item(&mut mcp, conversation_id).await;
+    assert_assistant_message(&assistant_message, "Done");
+
+    let _ = tokio::time::timeout(
+        std::time::Duration::from_millis(250),
+        mcp.read_stream_until_notification_message("codex/event/task_complete"),
+    )
+    .await;
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -184,3 +288,108 @@ stream_max_retries = 0
         ),
     )
 }
+
+#[expect(clippy::expect_used)]
+async fn read_raw_response_item(
+    mcp: &mut McpProcess,
+    conversation_id: ConversationId,
+) -> ResponseItem {
+    let raw_notification: JSONRPCNotification = timeout(
+        DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
+        mcp.read_stream_until_notification_message("codex/event/raw_response_item"),
+    )
+    .await
+    .expect("codex/event/raw_response_item notification timeout")
+    .expect("codex/event/raw_response_item notification resp");
+
+    let serde_json::Value::Object(params) = raw_notification
+        .params
+        .expect("codex/event/raw_response_item should have params")
+    else {
+        panic!("codex/event/raw_response_item should have params");
+    };
+
+    let conversation_id_value = params
+        .get("conversationId")
+        .and_then(|value| value.as_str())
+        .expect("raw response item should include conversationId");
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        conversation_id_value,
+        conversation_id.to_string(),
+        "raw response item conversation mismatch"
+    );
+
+    let msg_value = params
+        .get("msg")
+        .cloned()
+        .expect("raw response item should include msg payload");
+
+    serde_json::from_value(msg_value).expect("deserialize raw response item")
+}
+
+fn assert_instructions_message(item: &ResponseItem) {
+    match item {
+        ResponseItem::Message { role, content, .. } => {
+            assert_eq!(role, "user");
+            let texts = content_texts(content);
+            assert!(
+                texts
+                    .iter()
+                    .any(|text| text.contains("<user_instructions>")),
+                "expected instructions message, got {texts:?}"
+            );
+        }
+        other => panic!("expected instructions message, got {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn assert_environment_message(item: &ResponseItem) {
+    match item {
+        ResponseItem::Message { role, content, .. } => {
+            assert_eq!(role, "user");
+            let texts = content_texts(content);
+            assert!(
+                texts
+                    .iter()
+                    .any(|text| text.contains("<environment_context>")),
+                "expected environment context message, got {texts:?}"
+            );
+        }
+        other => panic!("expected environment message, got {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn assert_user_message(item: &ResponseItem, expected_text: &str) {
+    match item {
+        ResponseItem::Message { role, content, .. } => {
+            assert_eq!(role, "user");
+            let texts = content_texts(content);
+            assert_eq!(texts, vec![expected_text]);
+        }
+        other => panic!("expected user message, got {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn assert_assistant_message(item: &ResponseItem, expected_text: &str) {
+    match item {
+        ResponseItem::Message { role, content, .. } => {
+            assert_eq!(role, "assistant");
+            let texts = content_texts(content);
+            assert_eq!(texts, vec![expected_text]);
+        }
+        other => panic!("expected assistant message, got {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn content_texts(content: &[ContentItem]) -> Vec<&str> {
+    content
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|item| match item {
+            ContentItem::InputText { text } | ContentItem::OutputText { text } => {
+                Some(text.as_str())
+            }
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .collect()
+}