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  • Normalize Codex hosted web-search declarations for the official xAI Responses endpoint.
  • Map live image-search requests to xAI's documented enable_image_search field.
  • Remove OpenAI-private search fields that xAI rejects.
  • Omit cached/index-only searches instead of silently widening them into live external searches, and fail stale tool_choice selectors closed when no compatible declaration remains.
  • Restrict normalization to the canonical https://api.x.ai destination so OpenAI and custom gateways retain their existing request shape.
  • Normalize the supported web_search_preview alias and its direct or allowed_tools selectors to xAI's public web_search shape.
  • Preserve the generic capability-driven field-strip path for non-xAI gateways across top-level and nested additional_tools, including cached declarations and their selectors.
  • Add top-level, nested-only, additional_tools, tool_choice, preview-alias, and non-xAI compatibility coverage and record the transport decision.

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  • bun test tests/xai-web-search-compat.test.ts tests/responses-routed-web-search-fields.test.ts tests/openai-responses-passthrough.test.ts — passed, 109 tests.
  • bun test tests/grok-models-effort-list.test.ts — passed, 5 tests, after isolating the file where a concurrent full-suite process had stalled.
  • bun run typecheck — passed.
  • bun run privacy:scan — passed.
  • git diff --check — passed.
  • Full-suite attempt used the repository queue and CI watchdog. It began after another 785-second runner completed, then stopped producing progress in grok-models-effort-list while another Bun runner was active. The stalled run was cancelled after more than 16 minutes; the exact last file then passed 5/5 in 0.77 seconds, classifying the stop as local runner interference rather than a product assertion failure.
  • Rebased onto dev commit 8535f082f; exact PR head is 64cd6e5a9.
  • Live xAI Responses canary not run because it would consume credentials/credits from the user's account; no credential value was inspected or logged.

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Adds xAI Responses web-search normalization for the public api.x.ai endpoint. Routed requests apply this normalization after namespace-tool rewriting and before generic field cleanup. Tests and documentation cover live, image, cached, preview, and provider-specific search behavior.

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xAI web-search compatibility

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Normalize xAI web-search requests
src/adapters/xai-web-search.ts, tests/xai-web-search-compat.test.ts
The normalizer validates the public xAI HTTPS endpoint, converts live and preview search declarations, maps image searches to enable_image_search, removes unsupported fields, handles cached-only searches, and updates tool_choice.
Integrate normalization into routed Responses requests
src/adapters/openai-responses.ts
Routed requests apply xAI normalization after namespace-tool rewriting. Generic cleanup now processes top-level and nested additional_tools collections.
Validate and document provider-specific behavior
tests/openai-responses-passthrough.test.ts, tests/responses-routed-web-search-fields.test.ts, structure/04-transports-and-sidecars.md
Tests verify nested-field cleanup, xAI normalization, non-xAI field preservation, and routed tool selection. The decision log documents the provider-specific wire format.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to ad3e0

This PR narrowly changes xAI Responses web-search request normalization and includes passing targeted tests plus type and privacy checks, but it is not merge-ready because the required full-suite validation was canceled and the readiness checklist remains incomplete; merge should wait for the missing check or explicit owner acceptance.

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  participant RoutedResponsesRequest
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  RoutedResponsesRequest->>normalizeXaiResponsesWebSearch: Pass request body and provider baseUrl
  normalizeXaiResponsesWebSearch->>normalizeXaiResponsesWebSearch: Normalize tools and tool_choice
  normalizeXaiResponsesWebSearch-->>RoutedResponsesRequest: Return normalized body
  RoutedResponsesRequest->>stripOpenAiOnlyWebSearchFields: Remove remaining OpenAI-only fields
  stripOpenAiOnlyWebSearchFields-->>RoutedResponsesRequest: Return cleaned body
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Reviewed exact head be9e82552bce54b1aefaa4c06e203680df9dc3ba. The destination scoping and fail-closed intent are reasonable, but this head is not merge-ready because the affected existing adapter suite is red.

Running bun test tests/xai-web-search-compat.test.ts tests/responses-routed-web-search-fields.test.ts tests/openai-responses-passthrough.test.ts produces 105 passes and 1 failure at tests/openai-responses-passthrough.test.ts:1008. The existing xAI passthrough case expects the top-level web_search with external_web_access:false to survive field stripping; this PR intentionally removes that tool entirely, so body.tools becomes undefined. The same test also carries an additional_tools live-search case whose expected shape no longer matches the new removal of search_context_size.

Please update the pre-existing regression to the new explicitly chosen semantics (including top-level and additional_tools plus tool_choice behavior), and keep one separate compatibility test proving non-xAI capability-classified gateways still use the generic field-strip path rather than this host-specific policy. Then rebase onto current dev and rerun the complete affected suite, typecheck, privacy scan, and exact-head CI. A current xAI Responses canary would also be valuable before merge because this changes live hosted-search semantics rather than only removing a rejected field.

Typecheck passes on this head, but the focused regression failure is a merge blocker.

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리뷰 · 우선순위 64 / 80

지금 dev HEAD 401c24f74. #2306 vision routed sidecar 들어옴. 이 PR은 그 위. base dev. HEAD be9e82552. 드래프트. 커밋 1. 파일 5. gh api pulls/2312/files: 신규 src/adapters/xai-web-search.ts +161, src/adapters/openai-responses.ts +9/-6, tests/xai-web-search-compat.test.ts +112, tests/responses-routed-web-search-fields.test.ts +4/-10, structure/04_transports-and-sidecars.md +8. types.ts/config.ts 안 만짐. 스플릿 안 씹힘. #2283이 supportsOpenAiWebSearchToolFields를 넣음. 이 PR은 그 위에 xAI 스키마를 맞추는 거임. x_search 아님. #2190 레인 아님.

현재 dev src/adapters/openai-responses.ts:1709-1731. 비캐논이면 tool-search 로워링 다음 supportsOpenAiWebSearchToolFields === false일 때 stripOpenAiOnlyWebSearchFields. 그 다음 네임스페이스 로워링 + stripCanonicalOnlyToolFields. xAI 레지스트리 src/providers/registry.ts:1020-1029 baseUrl: https://api.x.ai/v1, adapter: openai-chat, supportsOpenAiWebSearchToolFields: false. strip은 user_location 같은 사설 필드를 지움. 테스트가 지금 type: web_search, user_location: {type: approximate}를 기대함. xAI는 그 필드도 거절함. 기본 Codex 턴이 400. 패치가 strip을 네임스페이스 블록으로 옮기고 그 앞에 normalizeXaiResponsesWebSearch를 넣음. 순서: 커스텀 로워링 → tool-search → 네임스페이스 → xAI normalize → strip → canonical-only strip. 맞음.

normalize. isXaiPublicApi가 https + hostname api.x.ai + 포트 빈값/443만. api.x.ai.example, :8443, http는 원본 반환. 테스트가 그거 잠금. live external_web_access: true는 사설 필드 삭제 + search_content_types에 image면 enable_image_search. filters.allowed_domains는 유지. cached external_web_access: false는 툴 자체를 생략. live로 넓히지 않음. tool_choice: web_search인데 툴이 없으면 "none". allowed_tools에서 web_search만 남으면 "none". required인데 선언 툴이 0이면 "none". fail-closed. 플래그 없는 공개 xAI 선언은 그대로 live. 기존 테스트가 {type:"web_search"}만 남게 바뀜.

구멍. (1) Grok OAuth Chat 기본(#2255)이라 이 코드는 GUI 옵트인 Responses(#2266) 또는 핸드 어댑터 전환에서만 탐. Chat 와이어 400이 아님. 그래도 Responses Grok은 기본 Codex 서치 선언이 죽음. (2) x_search를 여기 넣지 말 것. #2190. (3) strip을 tool-search 블록에서 빼면 네임스페이스 전에 strip이 안 돔. normalize가 xAI만 처리하고 다른 supportsOpenAiWebSearchToolFields === false 게이트웨이는 네임스페이스 뒤에 strip. 필드가 네임스페이스 프로모션에 필요하면 순서 회귀. 테스트가 xAI만 잠금. 다른 false 프로바이더 한 장 남겨라. (4) 체크리스트 0/4. 헤드 401c24f74 미확인. (5) #2311/#2313도 openai-responses.ts를 만짐. 충돌 예정. 이 패치가 웹서치 레인. 합치지 말 것.

types.ts/config.ts 안 만짐. 스플릿 안 씹힘. 리베이스하지 말고 닫으라는 케이스 아님. 닫을 중복 아님. #2283 닫지 말 것. 저건 능력 플래그. 이건 목적지 스키마. #2188 L1–L9 사이드카 + routed vision(#2306) 이미 dev. 프리뷰 배포 아님. 카탈로그는 Ox Alpha x-preview-f-free + deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp. v2.29.0 태그됨. v2.30.0-preview.20260821 있음. 비전공자 유지. Responses Grok 기본 턴 400이라 64. 드래프트.

해결방안: 열어 둬라. exact api.x.ai + cached omit + image 매핑 유지. x_search 넣지 말 것. cached를 live로 바꾸지 말 것. 다른 supportsOpenAiWebSearchToolFields === false 게이트웨이 strip 회귀 한 장. 헤드 401c24f74에 리베이스. 체크리스트 채우고 draft 해제. #2311/#2313이랑 합치지 말 것. 라벨 건드리지 말 것. 스플릿이 openai-responses.ts를 옮기면 리베이스하지 말고 닫고 다시 짜라. 지금은 그 정도 아님.

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Addressed the requested regression coverage on exact head d262c3fc86a7cb50cd65c9fd049f407baff9472a.

  • The pre-existing passthrough case now verifies that xAI omits a top-level cached-only declaration, normalizes a live additional_tools declaration, and keeps a valid tool_choice only while a compatible web-search declaration remains.
  • A separate non-xAI provider with supportsOpenAiWebSearchToolFields: false now proves the generic capability path strips only private fields, preserves the cached declaration, and leaves its selector intact instead of applying xAI's host-specific policy.
  • The affected suite passes 107/107; typecheck, privacy scan, and git diff --check pass; the branch is rebased onto current dev (401c24f74).
  • The queued full-suite attempt stalled in grok-models-effort-list after concurrent Bun-runner interference, with no product assertion failure. That exact file then passed 5/5 in 0.77 seconds when isolated.

I did not run a live xAI Responses canary because that would use the user's account credentials/credits without separate authorization. The PR is now ready for re-review.

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Rebased the reviewed fix without conflicts onto the new dev tip 8535f082fac3f0342e2e73445edd4655be3147eb. Exact PR head is now 64cd6e5a91a4498fa279ba15cf227155dfb4d1c2.

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Approved exact head 64cd6e5a91a4498fa279ba15cf227155dfb4d1c2 after independently validating the owner/Grok and automated findings.

The previously failing passthrough contract is now updated, the generic non-xAI capability path strips only the private OpenAI fields across top-level and nested additional_tools, and xAI-only normalization is restricted to the exact public https://api.x.ai destination. Cached-only search remains fail-closed instead of widening to live search, web_search_preview declarations and selectors normalize to xAI public web_search, stale selectors are removed, and image-search intent maps to the documented xAI field.

Exact-head validation passed 109/109 focused tests, typecheck, privacy scan, and diff check. The branch is 0 behind current dev, and there are no unresolved review threads. Do not merge until exact-head cross-platform CI is fully green and the head remains unchanged. This scoped TypeScript adapter change has no current Go-runtime counterpart; record that explicit no-counterpart decision when integrating under the dev2-go transition policy.

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